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54 THE MIGRANT SEPTEMmBERSUMMER TANAGER CONSUMES WASP LARVAE.-A male SummerTanager was observed, on August 22, inside a porch eating wasp larvae.From a perch, the bird would fly up and hover under a wasp nest untilhe had extracted a pale yellow larvae, then return to the -perch to eat it.This continued for probably thirty or forty minutes until eithw the birdwas satisfied or until 'the larvae supply was exhausted. Several nests approximately2" in diameter had been emptied.ANONYMOUS. Greeneville.YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT.-A Night Soloist - For two years nowa pair of Chats have nested near our horn-o near last year they wereonly a few feet beyond the end of the back yard walk. Mr. Chat camedaily to the bird bath for a cooling dip, and went gaily back to his dutylof guarding and singing. This year the nest was not so close, but he wasalways singing. I often wondered when he took time to snatch even theneeded '40 winks' of sleep. Most any time day or night he could be heardchattering his notes--even on the darkest of nights. He didn't seem toneed the beautiful moonLit nights to inspire his serenade, on rainy nightshe just chattered his funny little song notes as if he enjoyed the rain. Hismate seemed to be a very demure, stick-to-her business type. She wasseIdom seen, even when they were feeding young-he slipped through theunderbrush, noiselessly, scolding if I was too close, or if she caught melooking in on her babies. They never seem to stay around long after theyoung are out of the nest.-MRS ELVA DARNELL, Route 4, Greeneville.YOUR DUES are ,due January lst, 1962, which will be before the Decemberissue reaches you. Chapter members should gay dues to their localtreasure= as promptly as possible. Those who are not Chapter members,or who are out-of-state members, or subscribers, will please remit direct toyour State .treasurer. The job of billing is costly and time-cbnsuming soyour cooperation will be appreciated. Since the amount involved is small,you may wish to consider letting your remittance cover both 1962 and1963, or even longer,HENRY E. PARMER, State Treasurer, 3809 Richland Ave., Nashville 5.BOOK REVIEWSTHE BIRD WATCHER'S GUIDE. By Henry Hill Collins, Jr. Golden Press,New York. 123 p. $3.95.For a beginner in "bird watching", this book gives many handy tips onidentification, binoculars and scopes, cEnsuses, attracting birds and manyother important topics, as well as an informative summary af th:! manyfacets of bird observing. Surely the most experienced and w.4-read observercould find new facts of interest and value and could use this guideas a review of f<strong>org</strong>otten skills.
The many colored photographs and illustrations make this book mostattractive. The quality of photography is excellent as the work uf ~ ~ 1 1 -known photographers, Cy La Tour, T-Iclen Cru~ckshank, and othtrs, wasused. Thesc wcll-chosen photographs clrvcrly supplcnicnt some pointLlr>ught out in the led.As this guide covers many tupirs, one cannot expect ~t to develop anyone topic extensivrIy: however thr nuthclr has donc well, A list of a f?u7ol the twenty-twu chapters follow su that thc reader mlght gct an idea ofthe scopc of thls book: "Equipmc-nt fur Bird Watching," "How to IdenttlyBirds,'"'The Voices uf Birds," "Attracting B~rds Rhout Yuur Home," "PhotographingBirds," and '*Bnrd Banding."H. P. LANGRIDGE.BIRD SONGS IN YOUR GARDEN - Complete with high-fidelity33 1/3 rpm phonograph recurd. Full Color ' Full Song. A Corncll Laboi a-tory of Ornithology Buok album. Text and photographs by ARTHUR A.ALLEN, Phonugraph rrcerd by PETER PAUL KELLOGG. Co~~nell UnlvcrsityRecords, Corn~ll Univcrslty Press. 124 Roberts Plilce, Ithnra, N. Y.Price S5.95.The songs of twenty-fivc birds whlch arc frequently Iuund in andaround the garden have bccil faithlully recurdcd and reprocl~~ced. Oia onesidc the vocalist is announced while cm the rpversc side only tht= songs arcgiven. Colnr photographs of each kr~~rl cf b~rd arc presct:tcd in the booklc-tin thc same urdc-r as thr song which r~ill asslst the noviue In ldent~fy~ncthc bird by appearance as well as Irry .;r,ng. A brief sketch accompanieseach photograph, giving suine rharactr, istic features of thc bird, such as,characteristic ficld marks, habitats, nest and locations, eggs and young.Suggestions are given for attracting blrds by pruvidlng forid, water andnesting sites. Specifications are glven lor the conslrt~ctinn of a fcw bard11uusfs lor some of thc more common ho1t.-ntlsting sprclcs. A l~st ol" sclcctedreading scferenccs fur gard~n~1-s is fi,vcn. LRH.BINOCULARS AND SCOPES AND THEIR USE IN PHOTOGRAPTTY.By Robert J. and Elsa Rcichcrt. 128 pages. Chillon Con~pan~' - Boulr Lilvision.Paper covers. $1.95.Robert and Elsa Eelchert have assr~nblcd a ~vcalth of ~natt~ial, expressedin understandable language, rclaiive to opl~r.;~l cquip~n~nt. Varlvustypes of btnoct~lars, telcwopcs ar~d cameras ;1rt3 dt'scr~bcd, puintin: outEeati~res which dist~t~gu~sl~ qua11ty p:.r>ducl< from paorly cunsllut t d substitutcs.For thosc uniainiliar with optical cqu~prnent, :?Itention 1s c2lled tofeatures wh1r.h assist ii-t the sulcct~on of sultahle cur?;p~ncnt lot 111,- dc.s~r,b:lpurpose. AIen h~lpful sugges'tlo~ls arc givrn w~th reh,ard to s~lcctj:m, carcand use of binoculars and telesropc~. Thc three main dlv1sinn.i of t lc buukare: binoculars, scopes and binooul ar and sctip:. photngraphy. Soi!lu ok Ihctopics disctlssed are types of b~noc~tbar~: m~~:nific;itinn anrj. ~.cs:.'v ,:; p .wei.:relative brightness: relative 11ght eff~c~c~ncv: f~cld uf vlalv: for;, ,117,:: ,,llq!i-~nent; ~ncchan~cal d~slgn; c:ptlcal pei,for~nanu:: !.c.lul'ul h~ilt; ;I:I~ tli~ r :ma,-try of origin. Slrnllar information is g~ven iur tcle:ropes and acc:s:;.ul. , ,ncunjunctiun wlth various typcs ol photogl.apk:e L-qu.pmc~lt.The bnoklpt is illustrated wlth sl
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