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Prof. Macoun has been fortunate in having tlie assistance 

 of Mr. J. M. Macoun in these labors, which have produced a 

 volumn of 761 pages, exceeding its predecessor bv 28 pages, and 

 appearing in one volume instead of three parts as before. 



Five additional species appear in the list, four of them by 

 the taking of specimens, namely: 



The Fulvous Tree Duck, an old record of which has been 

 turned up, and in addition, a specimen taken from a flock of 

 eleven of the same species near New Alberni, Vancouver Island ^ 

 September, 1905. 



The Dotterel, taken at King Island, Alaska, July 23, 1897. 



The Chuck-Will's- Widow, taken at Point Pelee, May 19, 

 1906, and one near Picton, N.S., date not given. 



The European Linnet, taken at Toronto, January,' 1890, by 

 Mr. Wm. Loan. 



In addition to these, the Green Crested Flycatcher has 

 been added to the list on a surmise by Mr. J. H. Fleming that 

 a specimen which he took years ago at Toronto was of this 

 species; while the surmise is probably correct, the specimen 

 was never preserved. Since the list was in type, however, there 

 have been two satisfactory records of the occurrence of this 

 species in Ontario. 



The activities of the closet naturalist are well illustrated 

 by the addition of twenty, and the elimination of five varieties, 

 which make a net addition of twenty titles to the present edition, 

 the contents of the book being enlarged at the same time from 

 738 to 761 pages. The elimination of the lists of specimens in 

 the Government Museum also left space for the inclusion of much 

 new matter. The arrangement of the matter and the type 

 used, and the proof-reading, are eminenth' satisfactory-, so also 

 is the index. In these respects there was no fault to find with 

 the previous editions, but other publications have sometimes 

 been sadly lacking in this regard. The index is so printed that 

 one's eye passes very rapidlv over the titles until the item 

 desired is reached. 



In the reception and arrangement of such a vast amount of 

 material as is here published, it is inevitable that errors should 

 creep in; but the authors have characteristically preferred to 

 err on the side of generosity, rather than to exclude entries 

 which may probably be incorrect. There are, however, items 

 to which perhaps exception may reasonably be taken, and which 

 it would appear, ought to be noticed in greater detail, as for 

 instance the Yellow-green Vireo, which is reported as taken at 

 Godbout in May, 1883. This species is of only casual occurrence 

 n North America and the validitv of this record when published 



