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Wintle's ' Birds of Montreal'.' — The work opens with a descriptive and 

 historical preface of twelve pages, followed by fpp. 1-135) a copiouslv 

 annotated list of 254 species, arranged in accordance with the classifica- 

 tion and nomenclature of the A. O. U. Check List, the names of the 

 higher groups being included. The character of the ' List' is sufficiently 

 indicated by the descriptive portion of the title page, already transcribed 

 in the accompanying footnote. This is succeeded by what is properly part 

 two of the book, containing "Abridged Descriptions of the Birds of Mon- 

 treal, specially given for the purpose of identification for persons not 

 familiar with their general appearance," occupying pp. : 37-2 14, the exis- 

 tence of which excellent feature the title page gives no intimation. 

 These descriptions consist of about five to ten lines each, and for the most 

 part give very well the distinctive features of the species. This is succeeded 

 by a very full index of vernacular names (pp. 215-227), and by still a third 

 part, also not indicated on the title page. This has an embellished title 

 page of its own as an ' inset,' Avith the title, " Original Sporting Sketches, 

 compiled by David Rennie, 1S95." It is paged continuously with the rest 

 of the book (forming pp. 229-281), but is set in smaller type. The book 

 appears to well meet the needs of a local, popular hand book. It is well 

 printed in rather large type, on good paper, and typographically presents 

 an attractive appearance. It is somewhat marred by the printer's excen- 

 tricities of punctuation in connection with the technical names, but 

 typographical errors are not numerous. — J. A. A. 



Oberholser's Birds of Wayne County, Ohio." — The list proper includes 

 183 species, and is followed by a 'Hypothetical List' of 82 species, which 



'The I Birds of Montreal | By | Ernest D. Wintle, [ "Associate Member of 

 the American Ornithologists Union." | Birds observed in the vicinity of Mon- 

 treal, Province of Quebec, | Dominion of Canada, with annotations as to 

 whether they | are " Permanent Residents," or those that are found | regularly 

 throughout the year; " Winter Visitants," | or those that occur only during the 

 winter season, | passing north in the spring; "Transient Visitants," or those 

 that occur only | during migrations in spring and | autumn; "Summer Resi- 

 dents," I or those that are known to ] breed, but which depart southward be- 

 fore winter; and "Accidental Visitants," or strag- | glers from remote districts; 

 giving I their relative abundance as to whether | they are rare, scarce, co?nmon 

 or abundant ; \ data of nests and eggs when found, and especially | noting the 

 species that breed in the City and Meant \ Royal Park ; also data of migratory 

 arrivals and de- \ partiires, and other notes, all of which are deduced | from 

 original observations made during the past fifteen years. | — | Montreal : | 

 W. Drysdale & Co. | — | 1896. — Svo., pp. xiv -\- 181, with an outline map and 

 several plates. 



^ A Preliminary List of the Birds of Wayne County, Ohio. By Harry C. 

 Oberholser. Bull, of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station. Technical 

 Series, Vol. I, Number 4, July, 1896, Art. xxiv, pp. 243-354. 



