1889-90.] ORNITHOLOGICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY. 61 



1st Series, Yol. II., 1853-4. 

 1853.— Oouper (Wm.) Eed-breasted Thrush, Aug. 1853. p. 19. 



Note on Mr. Whitwell's " Eara Avis." Somewhat aspersive of that 

 writer's ornithological attainments, because he calls Merula migratoria " a 

 Robin." 



1853.— Bechstein (T. M.) M. D. Keview of "Cage and Chamber 

 Birds, by T. M. B.," December, 1853. p. 124. Reviewed 

 by Prof. H. Y. Hind. 



Interesting extracts on Red Crossbill in captivity. 



1st Series, Yol. III., 1854-5. 



1855.— Hind (Prof. H. Y.), M.A., etc. Egg of the Epyorius. April, 

 1855. p. 244. 



Description of Egg from Madagascar. 



1855. — Cottle (J.) Coccothraustes vespertina. Evening Grosbeak. July, 

 1855. p. 287. 



Notes of the species at Woodstock, Ont., and description of habits and 

 female plumage. May 7, (1855) ? 



1855. — Lowe (E. J.) Singular mortality among the Swallow tribe. 

 Notice by Prof. H. Y. Hind. Nov., 1855. p. 388. 



Mortality at end of May among Hirundo nistica, H. urhka and H. riparia 

 in England, due to starvation. 



New Series, Yol. I., 1856, Toronto, Ontario. 



1856. — Bovell (Jas.) M.D. Freaks of nature on a game fowl, which 

 on successive years was black, brown, white and speckled. 

 June, 1856. pp. 75-6. 



1856.— Wilson (D.) LL.D. Yalue of Natural History to the Arch^o- 

 logist, mentioning many birds and mammals that have been 

 found in mounds, etc, Oalhis domesticus, Gens Cinerea, 

 Febv., 1856. pp. 191-2. 



New Series, Yol. II., 1857 



1857.— Hincks (Wm.) F.L.S. Canadian Strigidae. Names and com- 

 ments on eleven species in the Toronto University Museum. 

 May, 1857. pp. 219-20. 



1857.— Bovell (Jas.) M.D. The Canadian Humming Bird. Sept., 

 1857. pp. 382-3. Reference to Mr. John Gould's visit to 

 Canada. His observations on Trocfdlus colubris also a 

 mention of Cariornis caboti. 



