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1902

Each year. ill reviewing the contributions to the literature of orllithology made during the preceding twelve months, it has not seemed possible that a succeeding period oi equal time would nime-~ the production of so many and, in the main, such cvcellent But one by one they appear. and when we reckon the sum total for 1902 we ﬁnd no evidence of a decrease in their number.

In systematic ornithology the second vol- nine or Mr. Ridgway‘s great work on the 'Birds of North and Middle takes ﬁrst place; and under this head are do be included the third volume of Dr. Sharpe‘s ‘Hand-List’ of the birds of the world and Mr. Oberholser‘s critical studies of the Horned Lark.

A text-book which will exert a marked inﬂuence on the study of birds in our western states is Mrs. Bailey’s ‘ Handbook of the Birds of the Western United States,’ a publication of the ﬁrst importance.

Ill original research Dr. R. M. Strong‘s paper on the development of pigment in feathers may be counted the year‘s most

books anti papers on birds.

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valuable contribution to subjective orni- thnlogy; merited praise it gives us pleas-

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tire to bestow. Here. also, should be mentioned Dr. Dwight‘s continued studies of the molt.

The most startling ﬁnd of the year in the ﬁeld, is undoubtedly Professor Blatchley’: discovery of Great (\ult‘s bones in Florida. subsequently conﬁrmed by Professor Hitch- Cock In exploration, the results of Mr. Preble's trip to the Hudson Bay region add much to our knowledge of the bird-life of that little-visited land. Mra Brewster‘s ‘ Birds of the Cape Region of Lower Cali- fornia‘ is also a welcome contribution to the fauna] and biographical literature of ornithology and will long remain a standard treatise on the birds of that region. Mr. Grinnell‘s ‘Checlt-List of California Birds,’ is a state list of exceptional value, and lists have also been published of the birds of Oregon and Vermont by Woodcock and

Perkins. respectively. Mr. Silloway’s “Summer Birds of Flathead Lake‘ de- serves mention llcre, and Mr. Burns’

‘Sectional Bird Census' is a capital piece of ﬁeld work.

Of original observation presented popular form and none the less valuable for that,—in fact, more valuable in that it reaches a wider audienc —the camera-illustrated books call for ﬁrst mention, because they convey their information through a graphic medium more impres ive and more instruc-

tive than written descriptions of the scene or fact ﬁgured can possibly be. Mr. Job's ‘Among the Water Fowl‘ is a good book of this class, and Mrs Wheelock‘s ‘ Nest— lings of Forest and Marsh‘ shows how much may be gleaned in old ﬁelds. Pos— sessed of both popular and scientiﬁc value, as well as beauty of make-up. is Mr. Key- ser‘s "Kirds of the Rockies‘ which takes the reader to new scenes among birds con- cerning which there is much yet to learn. of educational value is Professor Hodgc’s ‘ Nature Study and Life,’ with its generous section devoted to birds, and Mr. Lord's ‘ Birds of Oregon and Washington.‘ which has been adopted tor use in the schools of those states. Both educational and practi» cal is Neltje Blanchan’s ‘How to Attract the Birds,‘ with its many hints to those who would have birds about their homes.