l802. 



Recent Literature. loQ 



[Reports of the Canadian Geological Survey. — Continued.] 



2226. List and Notes of Birds of the Vicinity of Hudson's Bay and 

 Labrador. By Dr. R. Bell. Ibid., Report of Progress for 1882-83-84. VII. 

 Ohservations on the Geology, Mineralogy, Zoology, and Botanj' of the 

 Labrador Coast, Hudson's Strait and Bay. 1884. Appendix III, pp. 54-56. 



2227. List of Birds Collected at Lake A/istassini, by ^as. Af. Maroun, 

 fSSj. By A. P. Low. Ibid., Annual Report (Nezv Series), Vol. I. Re- 

 port of the Mistassini Expedition, 18S4-5. 18S5. Appendix I, pp. 34-35. 



Proceedings of the Canadian Institute. 



These Proceedings, a "continuation of 'The Canadian Journal of 

 Science. Literature, and History', " of which they form the 'third series', 

 have contained, in Vols. I-VII (1879-1890), these papers (Nos. 2228- 

 2231). 



2228. TAe Prairie Chicken or Sharp-tailed Grouse {Pcdixcetes phasi- 

 anellus {Baird)). By Ernest E. T. Seton [:= Ernest E. Thompson]. 

 'Proceedings of the Canadian Institute, Toronto,' Th'nd Series, Vol. I, 

 1883, pp. 405-412. — Biographical. 



2229. Some of Our Migratory Birds. By G. W. Allan. Ibid., Vol. 

 Ill, 1886, pp. 87-100. 



2230. The Mammals and Birds of Prince of Wales Sound, Hudson's 

 Strait. By F. F. Paine. Ibid.. Vol. V, 18S8, pp. 111-123. — 26 species of 

 birds noted, "during a stay of thirteen months." 



2231. Proceedings of the Ornithological Subsection of the Biological 

 Section of the Canadian histitiite. Edited by Ernest E. Thompson. 

 Ibid., Vol. VII, pp. 181-203. — Brief notes on a large number of species, 

 chiefly near Toronto. 



Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History. 



The Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History, since it was 

 last noticed in these pages (Auk, II, 211) has contained, in Vols. VIII- 

 XIII (April, 1885-Jan., 1891), the following (Nos. 2232-2243). 



2232. The Little Screech Owl. By John W. Shorten. 'The Journal 

 of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History,' Vol. VIII, No. i, April, 

 1885, p. 52. — Numerous in Cincinnati in winter of 1884-85; two thirds of 

 those taken were in the red phase. 



2233. Notes on Food of Raptorial Birds. By Charles Dury. Ibid., pp. 

 62-67. 



2234. Papers on the Destruction of Native Birds. Bv Charles Dury, 

 William Hubbell Fisher, R. H. Warder, F. W. Laiigdon, Joseph F. 

 James. Ibid., Vol. IX, No. 3, Oct., 1886, pp. 163-224. 



2235. Zoological Miscellany. Edited by William Ilubbeii P'isiier. 

 Ibid., Vol. X, No. I, April, 1S87, pp. 49-51- — Short notes, chiefly on 

 Cincinnati birds. 



2236. Ornithological Notes. By Charles Dmv. Ibid,, No. 2, [uly, 

 1887, pp. 96, 67. — Near Cincinnati. 



