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Birds and Seasons 191 In this connection methods of recording observations are of importance (See Pynchon, ' Every-Day Study of Birds for Busy People, Including a method of Recording Observations,' Bird-Lore, II, 1900, p. 19). SUGGESTIONS FOR THE MONTHS' READING Thoreau, 'Winter,' also ' Winter Animals' and 'The Pond in Winter' in ' Wal- den' ; Burroughs, 'Winter Sunshine,' also ' A Snow-Storm' and 'Winter Neighbors' in 'Signs and Seasons'; Torrey, 'A Florida Sketch Book,' also 'Winter Birds about Boston' in 'Birds in the Bush,' ' A New England Winter, ' 'A Rambler's Lease,' and ' December Out-of-Doors' in 'The Foot-Path Way'; Bolles, ' The Land of the Lingering Snow' ; Wright, ' A Winter Mood ' in ' The Friendship of Nature' ; Parkhurst, ' Decem- ber ' and ' January ' in ' The Birds' Calendar' ; Keeler, ' January in Berkeley ' in ' Bird Notes Afield. ' 1. 'What Bird is this? Field Description. — Length, 6.25 in. Hind-neck, rufous; back and crown black and buff; outer ail-feathers marked with white ; breast black, more or less veiled with white ; belly white. Winter- Range — From Middle States and Colorado northward. Note. — Each number of Bird-Lore will contain a photograph, from specimens in the American Museum of Natural History, of some widely distributed, but, in the eastern United States, at least, little-known bird, the name of which will be withheld until the succeeding number of the magazine, it being believed that this method of arousing the student's curiosity will result in impressing the bird's characters on his mind far more strongly than if its name were given with its picture.