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unprofitable, sell the lumber at a good price, and move on to virgin terri- 
tory. Senate Bill 783, which would have put an end to this practice, also 
died in committee. In the meantime, Interior Secretary Douglas McKay has 
authorized several large timber grants in Oregon and Washington on the 
basis of this antiquated law. 
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Audubon Society “Makes” Holiday Magazine 
DONALD CULROSS PEATTIE, the noted nature writer, has written a feature 
article on the National Audubon Society which has been published in the 
October, 1954 issue of Holiday magazine (pp. 46-51 et. seq.). Beautiful 
full-page illustrations, some in color, show laughing gulls, Florida rook- 
eries, and a male American Egret in breeding plumage at the nest. The 
article summarizes the history of the Audubon Society and its work, and 
appeals for further support of the protection of birds and other wildlife. 
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Book Reviews 
FIELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF BRITAIN AND EUROPE, by Roger Tory Peter- 
son, Guy Mountfort and P. A. D. Hollom. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2 
Park St., Boston. $5.00. 
This is another of the familiar, and to the bird lover indispensable field 
guides, if one wishes to study European birds. Mr. Peterson contributed the 
illustrations and accompanying legend pages, which to us who are familiar 
with his artistry and ability to emphasize the differential points so neces- 
sary in field identification, is sufficient guarantee of excellence. Collaborat- 
ing are Guy Mountfort, Hon. Secretary of the British Ornithologists’ Union, 
primarily responsible for the descriptive text, and P. A. D. Hollom, editor 
of the Popular Handbook of British Birds, who prepared the maps and 
distribution notes. James Fisher, vice chairman of the Royal Society for the 
Protection of Birds, acted as general editor, and the introduction was written 
by Julian Huxley. 
There are 1107 illustrations, including flight and postural silhouettes and 
line drawings, and 367 maps showing summer and winter distribution. The 
descriptive text, in addition to the latest scientific classification, which in- 
cidentally includes the Jaegers and Skuas, gives the common names in 
Dutch, German, French and Swedish. There are 64 plates each of groups 
of related, similar birds. There is also a list of accidentals, a list of the 
British Ornithological Societies, and a complete index. Nothing seems to 
have been omitted. 
Dr. Alfred Lewy, 25 E. Washington Blud., Chicago 
