. Bird lore . Total, 24 species, 466 individuals.—A. C. Read. Leith shore and Edinburgh Arboretum, Scotland.—Dec. 24; 10 to 3 Clear;wind west (very strong); ground bare and no frost; temp., 47° to 43°. Common Loon, i;Red-throated Loon, 2; Razorbill, i; Black-headed Gull, 60; Common Gull, {L. canus);3; Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4; Black-backed Gull, 3; Herring Gull, 450; Red-breastedMerganser, 34; Golden-eye Duck, 2; Scaup Duck, 5,000; Rook, 16; Magpie, i; Starling,200; House Sparrow, 36; Greenfinch, 5; Rock Pipit, 38; Hedge Sparrow, 3; Robin, i;Goldcrest, i; Great Titmouse, 3; Blackb
. Bird lore . Total, 24 species, 466 individuals.—A. C. Read. Leith shore and Edinburgh Arboretum, Scotland.—Dec. 24; 10 to 3 Clear;wind west (very strong); ground bare and no frost; temp., 47° to 43°. Common Loon, i;Red-throated Loon, 2; Razorbill, i; Black-headed Gull, 60; Common Gull, {L. canus);3; Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4; Black-backed Gull, 3; Herring Gull, 450; Red-breastedMerganser, 34; Golden-eye Duck, 2; Scaup Duck, 5,000; Rook, 16; Magpie, i; Starling,200; House Sparrow, 36; Greenfinch, 5; Rock Pipit, 38; Hedge Sparrow, 3; Robin, i;Goldcrest, i; Great Titmouse, 3; Blackbird, 8; Redwing, 2; Throstle, i; Missel Thrush,2. Total, 25 species, 5,877 individuals.—Gordon Boit Wellman. Paris, France.—Dec. 25. Birds seen in a garden in the heart of Paris. Chaffinch;Wagtail; Wren; Titmouse (species?); European Golden-crowned Kinglet; Robin Red-breast; European Blackbird. The Wren, Redbreast and Blackbird are residents in thegarden, the others are visitors.—Anna E. TUFTED TITMOUSEPhotographed by H. H. Cleaves, Staten Island, N. Y. iSooft J^etos and 9^ei)ietD0 Manual of Moral and Humane Edu-cation. By Flora Helen R. R. Donnelley & Sons, , 271 pages, 25 full-page plates. The connection between humane andnature studies is presented by the authorof this volume in a reasonable and henceconvincing manner. Humane Educa-tion, she remarks (p. 22), should beoutlined for presentation in ElementarySchools along three lines: (a) Study whichconnects the child with his natural envir-onment, or nature study; (b) study whichconnects the child with his social environ-ment, or civics; (c) study which promotescharacter-growth by appealing to theesthetic and ethic nature of the childthrough art, legend, history, poetry, lit-erature, music, and the sense of right andwrong—the elements of which study maybe classified under the educational agenciesart and literature. On these lines, A Graded Course ofStudy for Humane Education in
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