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New books and other publications will be reviewed in this department. Authors wishing 
publications reviewed should send them to the Editor, who will examine them personally and 
give them due consideration. 
“Citizen Bird”—Scences from bird life in plain english for beginners, by 
Mable Osgood Wright and Elliott Cones, with one hundred and fifteen illustra¬ 
tion by Louis Agassiz Euertes. New York, The Macuillian company, 1897. 
Cloth, |1.50. “Citizen Bird” will do more toward protecting our feathered 
friends than any work that has yet appeared. It has no equal. Every home 
should contain a copy. 
GrinneU’s “Report on the Birds of the Islands of Santa Barbara, San 
Nicolas and San Clements.” A twenty-six page phamphlet, which is a report 
of the birds recorded during about a month’s exploration among the islands last 
spring (1897). The sixty species treated, are arranged in four seperate lists— 
the land birds observed in each of the islands and the water birds recorded 
during the entire trip. It is replete with interesting field notes. ^ 
PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 
Birds, Yol. 2, No. 3, September, 1897. 
Fern Bulletin, Vol. 5, No. 3, July, 1897. 
Le Naturaliste Canadien, Vol. 24, Nos. 8-10, Aug.-Oct., 1897. 
Museum, Vol. 3, No. 10-12, Aug.-Oct., 1297. 
Oologist, Vol. 14, Nos. 7-10, July-Oct., 1987. 
Osprey, Vol. 1, No. 12, Vol. 2, No. 1, Aug.-Sept., 1897. 
Popular Science News, Vol. 31, Nos. 8-10, Aug.-Oct., 1897. 
