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The comparative statistics on population, and how and why it has mul- 
tiplied during various periods of our history, are most interesting and 
thought-provoking. The discerning reader will obtain a fresh realization 
of one of the most dangerous and seldom-recognized threats to our civiliza- 
tion. 
Marion MacBeth, 5550 Dale Avenue, Loves Park, Ill. 
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WISCONSIN’S FAVORITE BIRD HAUNTS, compiled and edited by Samuel D. 
Robbins, Jr. Available from the W.S.O. Supply Department, Harold G. 
Kruse, Hickory Hill Farm, Loganville, Wisc. Sept. 1961, 77 plus VIII 
pages, 32 illust., 6” x9”, paper-bound, $1.75. 
A guide to bird-finding in Wisconsin, based upon reprints from the Pas- 
senger Pigeon since 1958. An over-all state map and many local maps help 
to identify the areas, although the scale of some of the maps (such as that 
for Horicon Marsh) is so small that they offer little guidance in locating 
choice vantage spots. As might be expected from a series of articles by a 
dozen different persons written over a period of years, there is little con- 
sistency from article to article, and important details at the beginning of 
one description may be at the end of another. Some of the best recreation 
areas of the state are omitted — notably Devil’s Lake State Park and 
virtually all of the wonderful resort country in the northern third of Wis- 
consin. One is limited in a compilation of this sort to the areas covered by 
the contributors. In spite of some obvious shortcomings, this little guide 
does provide a valuable service and covers the ground much more thor- 
oughly than does Pettingill’s Guide to Bird Finding. Our many members 
who visit and vacation in Wisconsin will find this contribution of the Wis- 
consin Society for Ornithology a most helpful little book. 
Paul H. Lobik, 22W681 Tamarack Drive, Glen Ellyn, Ill. 
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TO A CEDAR WAXWING 
Grandmother had a saying, 
Drilled daily into me, 
And Grandma's homey saying 
Fils YOU ntOMa al: 
Handsome is as handsome does,’ 
Her yardstick of finesse, 
Befits your modest manners 
And impeccable dress. 
iimeline Ennis Kotula 
