Knights' 'the Birds of Maine'

interest in its deficiencies.To a certain extent, the present 'List' gives a r•sum• of the results of MacFarlane's long period of natural history work in northern Canada, and as such is a contribution of unusual interest.The numeration and nomenclature are those of the A. O. U Check-List, but through some inadvertence, a number of the water birds follow the Passeres, with no note of advice or warning that such is the case.Also, on p. 422, the heading "636.Black and White Warbler --Mniotilta varia (Linn.)" is given twice; as its second use evidently relates to that species, the preceding species is left nameless and not easily identifiable.Mr. MacFarlane's 'Notes on the Mammals,' occupying pages ]51-283, and preceded by a portrait of the author, is an especially important contribution to the mammalogy of the region, the statistical and geographical information respecting many of the fur-bearing animals being exceedingly valuable.The nomenclature of the list "has been carefully revised by the naturalists of the U.S. National Museum," and is hence fully up to date, and stamps the list as thoroughly trustworthy.Mr. Muir's portion of the work, occupying the first 150 pages, gives a vivid picture of the topographic and climatic conditions of the country traversed by the treaty expedition of 1599, of which he was a member, and contains also much historic information of fascinating interest.Mr. MacFarlane's portion of the work contains descriptions and illustrations of a number of the old Hudson Bay Company's posts, the names of which have long been household words in natural history annals --Forts Anderson, McPherson, Chipewyan, Resolution, Good Hope, etc.--J. A. A. Knights' 'The Birds of Maine.'--In a portly volume I of nearly 700 pages, Mr. Knight has given the ornithological public a useful manual of the bird fauna of the State of Maine.The analytical keys and the descriptions of the species, it is stated, are compiled and adopted from Ridgway's 'Manual' and 'Birds of North and Middle America,' Chapman's 'Handbook,' and other standard sources.The descriptions are followed by a brief summary of the distribution, including breeding and winter ranges, followed by the county records of the species, with the authorities, a list of which is given in the Introduction.The life histories are largely based on the author's own observations and experience, and vary in length, according to the species, from a half page to several pages, and relate mainly to the bird's occurrence in Maine.The nomenclature is that of the A. O. U. ChecksList and its Supplements down to the Thirteenth, the Four-• The Birds of Maine ] With Key to and Descriptions of the various [ species known to occur or to have occurred I in the State, an Account of their Distribu-I tion and Migration, showing their relative I abundance in the various Counties of the I State as well as other regions, and con-f tributions to their Life Histories I By I 0ra Willis Knight, M. S. I Member of Maine 0•Tfithological Society, Member American Chemical Society, I Member American Ornithologists' Union, Etc.I Bangor, Maine I 1908--8vo, pp.vii+693, map, and 25 half-tone plates.$3.50, express paid.

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