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50. Macoun on Canadian Birds. 



[Catalogue of Canadian Birds. Part III. Sparrows, Swallows, Vireos, 

 Warblers, Wrens, Titmice and Thrushes. Including the Order Passeres 

 after the Icteridae. By John Macoun. Ottawa : 1904. 8vo. Pp. i-iv, 

 415-738, and (Index) pp. i-xxiii. Price 10 cents.] 



This part of Mr. Macoun' s Catalogue, which concludes the 

 work, though an addendum will be shortly forthcoming, is 

 devoted to those of the Passeres which have not already been 

 treated (see Ibis, 1904, p. 157). It is far from being a 

 mere list of species, as most valuable notes are given on 

 their distribution and breeding-habits. The nests and eggs 

 are in several cases described " for the first time " by 

 Mr. Raine {e.g. of Leucosticte tephrocotis and Zonotrichia 

 querula), but we are not informed whether the description 

 has appeared in print before, or, in other words^ whether it is 

 now quoted from the ' Ottawa Naturalist ' or other periodicals 

 to which Mr. Ttaine is accustomed to contribute. 



The services of several new observers have been obtained, 

 and many districts more carefully examined, as, for instance, 

 Southern British Columbia, the Peace-River region, and the 

 country round Banff, in the Rocky Mountains. Details are 

 constantly added concerning the islands off the west coast, 

 and there is a particularly interesting article on Ampelis 

 garrulus. 



51. Madardsz on the Birds of Cyprus. 



[Uejber die Vogel Cyperns. Yon Dr. Julius Madarasz. Ann. Mus. 

 Nat. Hung. ii. p. 499. Buda-Pesth, 1904.] 



A new list of the birds of Cyprus is not unwelcome, as 

 that of the late Lord Lilford was published (in this Journal) 

 in 1889, and much has been done since that date. Dr. v. 

 Madarasz bases his memoir on the birds transmitted to the 

 National Hungarian Museum by Herr Ch. Glaszner, who 

 has been resident at Larnaca since 1891, and has thus had 

 exceptionally good opportunities of studying the Bird-life 

 of Cyprus. 



Herr Glaszner has sent to Buda-Pesth considerable series 

 of some species (upwards of 100 specimens of Sylvia melano- 



