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assessment of general life patterns 
and some comments on names. The 
index is quite complete. 
The book is good for all libraries 
and birders who want to get a gen- 
eral basic picture of a realm or 
habitat. It is unfortunate though, 
that so many small errors crept 
into this type of general book. 
—Peter C. Petersen 
A VOICE FOR WILDLIFE 
By Victor B. Scheffer, 
Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 
1974, 246p., several line drawings 
by Ugo Mochi, $8.95 
This book represents a_ strong 
statement for the conservation of 
wildlife. The author first describes 
confrontations between people and 
wildlife as a background aimed 
primarily at the general reader. 
Included are hunting, trapping, sci- 
entific collecting, sealing, wildlife 
transplants, bird-and-beast watch- 
ing and getting along with wild- 
life. The next section of the book 
deals with wildlife management 
and the processes of learning about 
wildlife and people and then deal- 
ing with them. The final section is 
the author’s ethic about wildlife. 
Here he predicts a more democrat- 
ically based form of wildlife man- 
agement; he suggests that agencies 
will cater more toward those who 
use wild animals in nonconsump- 
tive ways; market hunting will 
end, sport-hunting will become 
more humane, research into con- 
trolling nuisance animals will be 
funded by money now spent in 
merely killing these animals by 
conventional methods, and wildlife 
on national lands will be managed 
as more of a vital national re- 
source. Perhaps these predictions 
will come to pass. They are sound 
from the standpoint of most con- 
servationists and Audubon society 
members and hopefully federal ad- 
ministrators will heed the words 
of a long-time federal biologist. 
—Peter C. Petersen 
SONG OF THE NORTH WIND, 
A STORY OF THE SNOW GOOSE 
Paul A. Johnsgard, 
Illustrated by Paul Geraghty, 1974, 
150p. 17 line drawings, 
27 b. and w. photographs, $5.95 
This story of the Snow Goose 
begins with the bird’s place in the 
lives of the indians and eskimos. 
For part of the book Johnsgard 
fictionalizes to more. graphically 
tell his story. One chapter deals 
with the importance of Squaw 
Creek N.W.R., Mo., to the Snow 
Geese. Interspersed in the book 
are many Indian myths and cere- 
monies which relate to geese. The 
drawings and photographs enhance 
the book greatly. The end product 
is a very literary and complete life 
story of a familiar American bird. 
—Peter C. Petersen 
THE DELL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
OF BIRDS 
By Bertel Bruun 
Illustrated by Paul Singer 
Dell Publishing Co., New York, 1974 
240 p., over 395 color drawings 
$2.45, paperbound 
A well written, concise encyclo- 
pedia which provides a surprising- 
ly large amount of information ex- 
pressed in easily understood lang- 
uage. It covers the usual special- 
ized terms, family names and some 
of the best known ornithologists. 
The color illustrations are small, 
but adequate and enhance the text. 
It includes a brief bibliography and 
an appendix having scientific and 
common names for the orders. This 
little book contains the answers to 
many questions for the beginner 
and is also a good source for the 
more advanced students. 
— Peter C. Petersen 
