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LIFE HISTORIES OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. By Arthur Cleveland 
Bent. 1919-1958 (1962-1965). At last Dover Publications, Inc., 180 Varick 
St., New York 14, N.Y., have completed the republication of the whole 
of Arthur Cleveland Bent’s multi-volume Life Histories. 
In the June, 1964 issue of this Bulletin, a partial list of these volumes 
already available appeared, and this listing will conclude the series. Nine- 
teen volumes comprise this series, although an additional volume on the 
sparrows is forthcoming by the Smithsonian Institution. 
The following volumes are available, selling at $2.75 for single volumes, 
and $5.00 for 2-volume sets: 
Life Histories of North American Diving Birds. 
Life Histories of North American Gulls and Terns. 
Life Histories of North American Petrels and Pelicans and Their Allies. 
Life Histories of North American Wild Fowl (2 volumes). 
Life Histories of North American Marsh Birds. 
Life Histories of North American Shore Birds (2 volumes). 
Life Histories of North American Gallinaceous Birds. 
Life Histories of North American Birds of Prey (2 volumes). 
Life Histories of North American Woodpeckers. 
Life Histories of North American Cuckoos, Goatsuckers, Hummingbirds, 
and Their Allies (2 volumes). 
Life Histories of North American Flycatchers, Larks, Swallows, and 
Their Allies. 
Life Histories of North American Jays, Crows, and Titmice. (2 volumes). 
Life Histories of North American Nuthatches, Wrens, Thrashers, and 
Their Allies. 
Life Histories of North American Thrushes, Kinglets, and Their Allies. 
Life Histories of North American Wagtails, Shrikes, Vireos, and Their 
Allies. 
Life Histories of North American Wood Warblers (2 volumes). 
Life Histories of North American Blackbirds, Orioles, Tanagers and 
Their Allies. 
These monumental works are a must for any ornithologist, naturalist. 
cr bird-watcher. Each volume is fully illustrated with black-and-white 
photographs. 
Harlan D. Walley, 717 North Elm St., Sandwich, Illinois 
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QUEST FOR QUALITY. Conservation Yearbook of the U. S. Department 
of the Interior, with an introduction by Stewart L. Udall, Secretary of 
the Interior. Available from the Superintendent of Documents, Govern- 
ment Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 20402, as Catalog No. I-1.2: Q 3. 
Contains 96 pages, with 70 full-color illustrations, 31 toned prints, and 
many black-and-white halftones. May, 1964; $1.00. 
This booklet represents a report to the public of the achievements and 
alms of the Department of the Interior. It is lavishly illustrated in full color 
(a private publisher could not afford to produce such a handsome booklet at 
this low cost). The pictures and text show both wise and improper use of 
our natural resources, and include wildlife portraits and scenes from our 
National Parks. Anyone seriously concerned with the challenges presented 
by a growing population overwhelming a shrinking natural landscape 
would do well to study Quest for Quality. Conservation is defined as: 
