. The oist . ns inall stages of development. Very fewnests contained eggs. I brought backnine sets of California Brown Pelicaneggs (Pelicanus Californicus). Theywere all advance, but I managed toblow them with some degree of satis-faction. I also brought back a youngpelican about four weeks old—, male. We returned to the launch late inthe afternoon. The boys saw theirfirst infant cormorant in an rookerynear the waters edge. They are cer-tainly queer looking birds. The nestsare well placed on guano-coveredledges on the most precipitous young Brandt Cormorant looks likea young la
. The oist . ns inall stages of development. Very fewnests contained eggs. I brought backnine sets of California Brown Pelicaneggs (Pelicanus Californicus). Theywere all advance, but I managed toblow them with some degree of satis-faction. I also brought back a youngpelican about four weeks old—, male. We returned to the launch late inthe afternoon. The boys saw theirfirst infant cormorant in an rookerynear the waters edge. They are cer-tainly queer looking birds. The nestsare well placed on guano-coveredledges on the most precipitous young Brandt Cormorant looks likea young ladies black kid glove turnedinside out and covered with axlegrease. On the way back to San Diego, wecounted up our list of birds and foundthat we had recorded 17 species and37 varieties of wild flowers. We willnever forget the pleasant outing thatwe experienced on the Los CoronadosIslands, Old Mexico. We arrived inthe harbor as the golden sun was set-ting and the shadows of evening werecreeping over the GOOD WORDS I am writing to show my apprecia-tion of the Oologist, and to congrat-ulate you on some of the real finearticles of recent publication. I canassure you it is read here with greatinterest from cover to cover. Thereis only one fault, there is not enough,although for the money it gives thegreatest value. B. W. Strike,2 Abingdon, Whitton,Nr. Ipswich, Suffolk, England. BOOKS RECEIVED THE BIOLOGY OF BIRDS, by Thomson, published by theMacmillan Company, New York. Price$ This volume of more than four hun-dred pages is a splendid contributionto the subject referred to by the is illustrated with one coloredplate and fifty-nine drawings scatteredthrough the text, besides eight half-tone plates. The text as the title would suggestis devoted to a careful analysis ofthe adaptation of birds to the varioussurroundings in which they are found;discussing the characteristics of birds, .the external features, food, its captureand utilization, internal econom
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