46 THE AUDUBON] BU Ci ieisias 

“The Season” contains personal notes about the goings and comings 
of our bird friends from Massachusetts to California covering the April 
15—June 15 period, and is full of carefully taken data as to the movement 
of bird life over widely separated sections of the United States. Readers 
of the Audubon Bulletin should have Bird Lore on their library tables. 
Bird Lore for July-August is as always an encyclopedia of bird news, 
and the current number is always just a step ahead of each previous one. 
The controversy of the house wren bids fair to “start something,’’ and if 
it is carried on without making enemies of friends it will be quite illuminat- 
ing in its treatment of the life of birds as an example of the constant 
battle between animals for food, homes, and the “pursuit of happiness.” 
It will also throw light on “‘the survival of the fittest.” : 
For those seeking the last word in ornithological information we 
cheerfully recommend The Auk, which for over 40 years has been to 
Scientific Ornithologists what the Toronto Globe of Ontario has been 
to the Scotch Canadians, their Bible. The nearly 200 pages of the July 
number contain so much valuable and first-hand material that it is quite 
beyond the possibilities of our space to review it. 
Having The Auk to read and refer to is like taking a postgraduate 
course in ornithology. From the Audubon Bulletin to The Auk is a far 
cry but even the layman might do worse than to begin with the Bulletin 
for primary study and interest, preparatory to graduation with The Auk. 
The State of Pennsylvania has issued an attractive report of its work 
for bird protection. Bird houses, bird enemies, and bird foods are care- 
fully and intelligently discussed. No state in the Union is doing more 
for the protection and preservation of its wild life than is Pennsylvania. 
“Birds I Have Known” by R. H. Laimbeer, recently published, is a 
most interesting account of the pleasure of the author in attracting the 
birds around his home. It contains effective suggestions for every bird 
lover and particularly for those who think they know nothing of how to 
start the good work. 
MEETING OF THE WILD LIFE SCHOOL 
MCGREGOR, IOWA, AUGUST 8—20 
Beginning with 1g18 this unique out-of-door school has grown to be 
a very important event. The names of the faculty insure the success of 
the venture, and this year’s program makes one wish that all could at- 
tend and get inspirations for greater love and understanding of the 
things under the open sky. 
