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Wi_p AMERICA, by Roger Tory Peterson and James Fisher; illustrated 
by Roger Tory Peterson. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston; the Riverside 
Press, Cambridge. 418 pages, $5.00. 
Here is a book that will delight the hearts of lovers of the out-of-doors. 
Written in collaboration by one of America’s and one of England’s out- 
standing naturalists, it is a narrative of a 30,000 mile journey beginning 
in early spring in Newfoundland; going inland down the eastern coast 
of the United States, including a visit to Herbert Stoddard at Thomas- 
ville, Georgia and Arthur Stupka in Great Smoky Mountains National 
Park; practically circling Florida and the Gulf, with a little jaunt to the 
Dry Tortugas and Xilitla, Mexico; through Texas, New Mexico, and 
California, and up the west coast to Alaska and the Pribilof Islands. 
They saw about 600 species of birds alone, not to mention all the other 
living things, animals, plants and interesting people. One of their intriguing 
side trips was a visit to the Hopi Indians, who have preserved their identity 
and customs, dating perhaps back to the Stone Age, and who are considered 
a successful civilization to this day. The writing is so well done that the 
reader feels that he is taking the trip as a companion in this distinguished 
company, especially when they dwell on regions known to him personally. 
This reviewer had good luck in seeing the turkeys with Mr. Stoddard. In 
the Smokies, which Petersen and Fisher reached during the height of the 
warbler migration, they were confused by the welter of bird notes. Mr. 
Stupka, the park naturalist, has one of the best memories for these I 
have known, and must have been of help. 
Nothing seems to have escaped the expertly trained eyes and ears of 
these writers. The illustrations in black and white, by Mr. Peterson, show 
his usual accuracy of detail combined with strikingly, shall I say, dramatic 
presentation of the real artist. I even liked the barn swallows used as 
punctuation marks. 
Dr. Alfred Lewy, 25 E. Washington Blvd., Chicago 
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Course on Bird Study’ 
ONE OF OUR DIRECTORS, Dr. William Beecher, is now conducting a course 
on bird study for adults at the Central Y.M.C.A. College, 19 S. LaSalle 
St., Chicago. Registration continues till October 1st. This course will be 
devoted especially to the fall migrants. A naturalist with the Cook County 
Forest Preserve District and the author of several books on bird study, 
Dr. Beecher should prove to be a stimulating teacher. 
