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Besides these works on particular Canadian areas there are several 
on adjoining localities of special interest to nearby Canadian observers. 
Among them are: 
A Preliminary Survey of the Bird Life of North Dakota, by Norman A. Wood. University 
of Michigan, Museum of Zoology, Miscellaneous Publications No. 10, Ann Arbor, 
Michigan (1923). 
A Distributional List of the Birds of Montana, by Aretas A. Saunders. Cooper Ornitho- 
logical Club, Pacific Coast Avifauna No. 14, Berkeley, California, 1921. 
The Birds of Washington, by Wm. Leon Dawson. British Columbia Edition with Supple- 
mentary matter by Allan Brooks. The Occidental Publishing Company, Seattle, 
Washington, 1909. 
This contains a large number of coloured and uncoloured illustrations and much 
life-history, in a very entertaining form. 
A Guide to the Birds of Eastern New York, by Ralph Hoffman: 8vo., Houghton, Mifflin 
& Co., price S1.50. 
A most desirable book which, though dealing with an extralimital area, treats 
of most of the birds of eastern Canada. It contains keys for the birds of each season 
based upon colour, detailed descriptions, and also many illustrations in black and white 
showing specific details, and gives much information of various kinds. 
The Birds of Minnesota, by Thomas S. Roberts, 2 vols. Museum of Natural History, 
University of Minnesota, 1932. A monumental work lavishly illustrated with full 
page illustrations in colour and many text figures. Of particular interest to ornitho- 
logists in the adjoining province of Manitoba. 
Michigan Bird Life, by Walter B. Barrows. Michigan Agricultural College, 1912. 
Birds of Massachusetts and other New England States, by E. H. Forbush. Three vols., 
Massachusetts Department of Agriculture, Boston (1925-1927). Probably one of 
the most elaborate and beautiful, popular sets of bird books ever published. Contains 
an extraordinary amount of detailed information on plumages, occurrence, and life 
history of the birds of the region indicated in the title. 
Ornithology, like other branches of science, has its own periodicals. 
The chief of these in North America is the “Auk/’ a quarterly magazine, 
the official organ of the American Ornithologists’ Union. In addition to 
purely scientific papers, it contains hundreds of articles of interest to 
Canadians, including local lists copiously annotated with life-history notes 
from all over the Dominion and popular descriptions of habits. Subscrip- 
tion $3 a year. Editor, beginning 1912, Witmer Stone, Academy of Science, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
The “Condor,” a bi-monthly magazine of Western Ornithology, is the 
official organ of the Cooper Ornithological Club. Edited by Joseph 
Grinnell, Berkeley, California. Subscription in Canada $3.25 a year. 
Address W. Lee Chambers, Business Manager, Eagle Rock, California. 
This is a well edited and beautifully illustrated periodical devoted to the study 
of western birds and contains much of popular as well as scientific interest . 
Bird-Banding. A quarterly journal of ornithological investigation 
published by the North-eastern, Eastern, and Inland Bird-banding Associ- 
ations. Now (1933) in its fourth volume, a continuation of the Bulletin 
of the Northeastern Bird-Banding Association under which title it ran for 
five years. Subscription $1.50 a year. Address, Chas. B. Floyd, 95 South 
St., Boston, Massachusetts. 
The Condor (See above) is the organ for western bird-banding activities. 
The Murrelet. A quarterly journal devoted to Northwestern (includ- 
ing western Canada) ornithology and mammalogy. In fourteenth year 
(first eleven years in mimeograph form). Subscription $2 a year in Canada. 
Address, Geo. K. Couch, Room 101, Old Capital Building, Olympia, 
Washington. 
