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objective. The work of his home bird dub at Manchester, New Hamp- 
shire, is described in detail. From it may be drawn practical sugges- 
tions for use in other localities. Among- the 45 chapters of the book 
these are of particular interest: 'Organizing a Bird Club r ; ‘What the 
Bird Club Could Do for the Song Birds in and about the Community'; 
‘Song Bird Week* ; 'A Bird Sanctuary on a College Campus'; ‘Small, 
Private Bird Sanctuaries’; ‘Planting of Trees and Shrubbery Favor- 
able to Bird Life'. Although much of the matter is not new, there 
is value in having it arranged in convenient form, where it may be 
consulted without the necessity of searching through many volumes. 
The lack of an index for the book is to be regretted. Quite a number 
of chapters are devoted to the author’s personal field trips and ex- 
periences .with birds. Here again the material is not new or the ex- 
periences novel, but the narration is good and the anecdotes make 
interesting reading. The book is a creditable step in spreading the 
gospel of bird study and protection. — F, J. P. 
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The U. S. Biological Survey recently issued its ‘Bird Migration 
Memorandum No. 1'. a 39-nage bulletin based on 12.000 records made 
bv 157 observers during the spring migration of 1905. The Survey 
plans to issue similar reports each year. The bulletin contains much 
valuable data and will be very useful to all students of bird migration. 
The records are tabulated bv species and are given under the divisions 
which make up the routes of migration through North America. Iowa 
is included in what i~ called the “Mississippi Flyway. “ A map shows 
• he location of stations of cooperating observers. Although 10 sta- 
tions are indicated for Iowa, only four nersons contributed records 
for the 19,35 report. These were: Mrs. Robert I. Bordner. Hudson: 
Mrs. Mary E. Hatch, McGregor; Mrs. W. J. Armour, Sioux City; Fred 
J. Pierce, Winthrop. Presumably, copies of this bulletin are still 
available from the Survey (Washington. D. C-). 
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The T. $. Roberts Ornitholo^v Club, of St. Cloud, Minn., begins 
publication of ‘The Journal of Minnesota Ornithology', with the April, 
19*311, issue as Vol. I, No. 1. Intended as an annual, the first issue 
has (18 pages which are tilled with bird notes of high quality. The 
presentation is attractive, with careful editing, good printing and 
valuable contents going to make un a verv worth-while piece of work. 
Copies of the first issue are for sale at fifty cents each. 
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The Editor of ‘Iowa Bird Life' is making ur> a reference file of the 
mimeographed letters of the Iowa Ornithologists' Union ( 1923-1928 ) 
and would like to obtain the following missing numbers; No. 17 (Oct., 
192(0, No. 20 (June 14, 19271, No. 23 (Apr. 7. 1928). and No. 24 
(Sept. 19. 1928). He would like to hear from anyone who has these 
letters for disposal. Casual inquiry leads to the belief that not more 
than a In If dozen full sets of these letters are in existence, which 
w>Huces their value for bibliographical citation to almost zero. Dis- 
tribution and accessibility would seem the criterion for including mimeo- 
graphed bird journals in bibliographies. The Union's letters contained 
iv, anv useful bird notes, whi^h will not be available unless published. 
It would hf* verv d^sirablp, if we could afford it. to print these bird 
notes in ‘Iowa Bird Life'. However, this project seems impossible 
at the present Hme. since our funds are only adequate for printing 
current material. 
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History was re ne a ted at this year’s meeting. In 1933 every one of 
the Union's presidents was at Fairfield. This has seldom hanpened 
during recent years and was considered an accomplishment. This year 
