298 Stone, Ornithological Works of J. J. Audubon. C Jvily 



Prof. S. A. Forbes, State Laboratory of Natural History, Urbana, 

 111., writing under date of Jan. 25, 1906, gives records of five speci- 

 mens of Snowy Owls as follows: "Four have been brought to us 

 this winter from this neighborhood, the furthest one from Danville, 

 111., and the last from Urbana. A fifth one has been reported from 

 Tuscola, 111., a short distance south." 



Mr. Amos W. Butler of Indianapolis, Inch, reports that one of 

 two seen, was killed two miles north of Kansas, 111., on Dec. 2, 1905, 

 by Earley Dulep. 



Mr. Otto Widniann, St. Louis, Mo., writes under date of Jan. 7, 

 1906: "Mr. Frank Schwarz, the taxidermist, informs me that he 

 received two Snowy Owls this fall, a male and female, from Albion, 

 111. (not far from Mt. Carmel), Nov. 21, 1905." 



On Nov. 17, 1905, I saw a specimen at Highland Park, 111., 

 and watched it for an hour. (Recorded in 'The Auk' for Jan., 

 1906.) 



The mean temperature for Illinois for November, 1905, was 

 42.02°; for December, 1905, 31.04°. 



A BIBLIOGRAPHY AND NOMENCLATOR OF THE 



ORNITHOLOGICAL WORKS OF JOHN JAMES 



AUDUBON. 



BY WITMER STONE. 



Notwithstanding their preeminence in American ornithological 

 literature and their historic interest, there has not appeared, so far 

 as I am aware, any comprehensive review of the editions, dates of 

 publication, and new species of the works of John James Audubon. 

 While it is probably generally known that the elephant folio 

 plates bear the scientific names of the birds represented upon them, 

 and that they were published from one to four years prior to the 

 descriptions in the 'Ornithological Biography,' it will be found that 

 the new species are all dated from the latter in the A. O. U. Check- 



