. Bird lore . Kinglet, 3;WesternRobin, 18. Total, 26 species, about 207 individuals.—Elta M. Lewis. San Diego, Calif.—Dec. 25; to , hills of City Park; 2 to ,Canon one mile out; elevation 50 to 350 feet. Ground partially covered with sage,alder and willow, and some pepper and eucalyptus trees. Sky clear; temp., 450 to8o°. Wind northwest but very light. Valley Partridge, 300; Western Red-tailed Hawk,1; Road Runner, 1; Red-shafted Flicker, 1; Black-chinned Hummingbird, 7; CostasHummingbird, 8; Couchs Kingbird, 1; Black Phoebe, 2; Horned Lark, 11; CaliforniaBlue Jay, 1; Rav
. Bird lore . Kinglet, 3;WesternRobin, 18. Total, 26 species, about 207 individuals.—Elta M. Lewis. San Diego, Calif.—Dec. 25; to , hills of City Park; 2 to ,Canon one mile out; elevation 50 to 350 feet. Ground partially covered with sage,alder and willow, and some pepper and eucalyptus trees. Sky clear; temp., 450 to8o°. Wind northwest but very light. Valley Partridge, 300; Western Red-tailed Hawk,1; Road Runner, 1; Red-shafted Flicker, 1; Black-chinned Hummingbird, 7; CostasHummingbird, 8; Couchs Kingbird, 1; Black Phoebe, 2; Horned Lark, 11; CaliforniaBlue Jay, 1; Raven, 3; Meadowlark, about 75; California Purple Finch, about 100;Arkansas Goldfinch, 2; Western Vesper Sparrow, 7; White-crowned Sparrow, 35;Tree Sparrow, 7; California Towhee, 42; California Shrike, 3; Bells Vireo, about 35;Audubons Warbler, about 100; Long-tailed Chat, 4; Mockingbird, 2; Curve-billedThrasher, 18; Dwarf Hermit Thrush, 2; Bluebird, 16. Total, 26 species, 784 indivi-duals.—H. D. CARDINAL OX NESTPhotographed by F. E. Howe, Sterling, III. i&oofe J&etas ana 3&etotetDs A Preliminary Catalog of the Birdsof Missouri. By Otto Widmann. , Mo., iqo;. [Trans. Acad. Sci-ence, St. Louis, Vol. XVII, No. 1. 288pages.] A state bird-list presenting authorita-tively and adequately what is known ofthe distribution and manner of occurrenceof the birds of the area under considera-tion is one of the most valuable contri-butions to the foundation of ornithologi-cal knowledge. It is a stable startingpoint for all subsequent investigationand done well it has not to be done againin a generation. The preparation of such a list requireslong-continued experience in the field towhich it relates, not alone that the authormay gain much information at first-hand,but that through personal observationhe may weigh critically all data contributedby others. These conditions and many others areadmirably filled by the author of thisvolume and the result is of that high orderwhi
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