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The junior author has contributed many details regarding the life 
habits of the coyote. This book is the product of complete data gathered 
during many years of research on food habits, economic status, character- 
istics and control. Charles W. Kossack, Barrington, Illinois 
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THE BIRDS OF GREENLAND (Gronland’s Fugle). Text by Finn Salomonsen, 
plates from paintings by Gitz-Johansen, published by Einar Munksgaard, 
Copenhagen, Denmark. In three volumes; 608 pages; 52 color plates; 74 
black and white sketches, each heading one of the birds described. $42.00, 
paper-bound. May be obtained in buckram, half-calf or vellum binding at 
extra cost. Accompanied by a contour map of Greenland, on a scale of 
1-5,000,000, colored for three life zones. 
Quoting from the preface: “Far toward the north, more than ten days’ 
voyage from Denmark, lies Greenland, the largest island in the world... 
More than sixty times the size of Denmark, one of the smallest nations 
in the world, which has for two centuries succeeded in exploring the 
country and protecting the lives and interests of its native population. It 
has been the scene of Danish daring and Danish initiative. . . One aspect 
is our achievements in the field of ornithology, shown in this work, which 
deals with all the birds that inhabit and breed along the rough coasts and 
on the inland heaths of Greenland, birds that are essential to the peoples’ 
income. They are described by the leading authority on Greenland birds, 
Dr. Finn Salomonsen, and set out by beautiful color plates by Gitz- 
Johansen, the well-known painter of Greenland subjects. His pictures of 
birds flying over the ice-filled sea are so intensely alive that they fill one 
with longing for this magnificent country.” This is signed by Hans Hedtoft, 
Minister for Greenland, the Danish Prime Minister. 
The introduction states that Greenland ornithology dates back to Hans 
Egede, who lived at Godthab during 1721-36, and credits H. Winge (1898) 
with a treatise containing all records. Since then, the collections have in- 
creased by many thousand of bird skins, and more has been added to our 
knowledge in the last 50 years than in the previous 150 years. For prac- 
tical purposes, the ice-free areas are divided into the East coast, the West 
coast and the North coast. It is said that no lfe exists on the ice cap 
that covers all of Greenland except the coastal areas and adjacent inland 
heaths. 
Each volume measures 13% by 9% inches, and the color plates are all 
full page size. The common names of some of the birds differ from those 
familiar to us; for instance, the jaegers are called long-tailed skua, the 
parasitic jaeger is called the arctic skua, the Northern phalarope is called 
the red-necked phalarope, ete., although the technical names are mostly 
as we know them except for the additional name for local subspecies. 
Each page is arranged in two columns, one Danish, the other English. The 
anatomical and plumage descriptions are very brief, but the life histories, 
the habits, the behavior notes indicate the intimate personal knowledge 
Prof. Salomonsen has of his subjects. 
