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 iloofc J&rtog and iRrtrietos The Ornithological Magazines The Condor. — In the leading article of the January number of 'The Condor' Wm. L. Finley gives an account of the nesting habits of the Golden Eagle, illustrated with reproductions of six striking photographs, by Finley and Bohlman, of the nest, eggs and young. From observations made on a nest in the coast region of California, he estimates that it required four months for the eagles to rear a brood and that they killed about 540 ground squirrels as food during the three months that the young were fed by the parents. Three papers entitled 'A Col- lecting Trip to Calayan and Fuga,' in the Philippines, by R. C. McGregor ; 'A Col- lecting Trip to Southeastern Colorado,' by E. R. Warren; and ' The Birds of Cheney, Washington,' by Roswell H. Johnson, illustrate the wide range of field work of members of the Cooper Ornithological Club. The series of portraits of European orni- thologists is continued, with photographs of Dr. Ernst Hartert and Arthur H. Evans, of England, Dr. A. B. Meyer, of Dresden, and John A. Harvie-Brown, of Scotland. Some idea of the varied contents of the March number can be gained from the fol- lowing brief summary of the principal articles: Finley gives an illustrated account of the nesting habits of the Great Blue and Black-crowned Night Herons, and Bowles describes the finding of a nest of the Hermit Warbler ( Dendroica occidentalis) near Tacoma, Washington, in June, 1905. Ray contributes brief notes on 44 species of 'Sum- mer Birds of San Francisco County, Cali- fornia'; Joseph Mailliard, 'Summer Notes from a Santa Barbara Garden'; and Emer- son tells of the 'Habits of a Mocking Bird' at Haywards, Calif. Ridgway discusses the status of Pipilo maculatus atratus and P. m. ?negalonyx, and concludes that the two forms are distinct. Emerson describes two new species of White-rumped Petrels from the North Pacific coast. Oceanodrotna beali from Sitka Bay, Alaska, and O. beldingi from Netarts Bay, Oregon. McGregor describes two convenient 'Methods of Filing Reprints' which will be useful to readers who have not found a satisfactory way of keeping separates readily accessible. Among the notes 'From Field and Study' the editor has a timely article on the 'Foolish Intro- duction of Foreign Birds,' based on the capture of a European Chaffinch near Monterey, Calif., and summarizes the ques- tion in the following terms: "Bird students should take pains to curtail the popular spread of this idea that the importation and release of foreign birds is desirable. It may even be dangerous." — T. S. P. The Auk. — The April number opens with a crisp article entitled ' Random Notes on Pacific Coast Gulls, ' by A. W. Anthony. The great abundance of Gulls of many spe- cies along the whole of our western shores is well known, and all of us can enjoy Mr. Anthony's portrayal of the striking traits of these dainty, kid-gloved scavengers of the blue ocean. On later pages the reader is taken, under ' Stray Notes from Alaska,' to the bleak tundra of Seward Peninsula, and a solution of ' Where does the Large-billed Sparrow spend the Summer,' is suggested. It seems probable that its unknown nest and eggs will be found near San Diego, Cali- fornia. ' The Florida Gallinule Nesting on Long Island, N. Y.,' is reported by Dr. W. C. Braislin, who has found the birds within city limits where streets have been filled in over salt marshes, leaving slimy cat-tail beset pools into which the enthusiast may wade to his neck, if he wishes, to examine nests and eggs. Local lists are furnished by J. H. Bowles on the Birds of Tacoma, Wash., by R. W. Williams, Jr., on Leon county, Florida, and by Dr. C. W. Townsend on the birds of Cape Breton Island. 'Variation in the Hairy Woodpecker' is the theme of H.O. Jenkins' paper. It is a pity he did not find some similarities in this wide-ranging (106)