^88 Recent Literature. [October 



length is Ivy Mr. F. M. Chapman, 'Notes on the Carolina Paroquet {Conu- 

 rtts carolinensis) in Florida' (pp. 4-6), in which lie gives interesting 

 details of his experience with this bird on the Sebastian River in March, 

 18S9. The publication unfortunately lacks an index. — C. F. B. 



Minor Ornithological Publications. — 'Forest and Stream,' last noticed 

 here in Vol. VI, pp. 174-180 (April, 1SS9), continues to have much valuable 

 ornithological matter. It is greatly to he regretted that some of the best 

 contributors to its natural history columns hide their identity under pseu- 

 donyms, and thus lessen the scientific value of their communications. 

 Vols. XXX-XXXIV, Jan. 26, iSSS-July 17,1090, contain the following 

 (Nos. 167S-1932) : — 



idyS. Kingfisher in New York in Winter. By Robert B. Lawrence. 

 'Forest ami Stream; Vol. XXX, Jan. 26, iSSS, p. 6. 



1679. Tce-bonnd Rail. By Robert H. Lawrence. Ibid. — Porz.ana 

 Carolina at Flushing, L. I., Dec. 23. 



1680. The Hardy Snipe. By W. D. Pickett lb id., Feb. 2, p. 24.— 

 Gallinago delicata wintering in Wyoming, 



1681. Winter Bird Notes. By X. Y. Z. , J. L. K., and C L. S. Ibid. 

 P- -5- 



1652. Food of the. European Sparrow. By Hoosier. Ibid. 



1653. Kingfisher in Winter in Massachusetts. By C. B. Ibid., Feb. 

 9, p. 44. 



1684. Powder-down Feathers in Herons. By C. E. B. /bid., p. 46. 



1685. Canadian Birds. Ibid. Feb. 16, p. 64. — A review of 

 Montague Chamberlain's 'Catalogue of Canadian Birds.' 



[686. Winter Kingfishers. By A. T>. George. Ibid. — In Michigan. 



1687. The Food 0/ Rapacious Birds. By Edward Swift. Ibid., March 

 1, p. 104. — With tabulated reporl of contents of stomachs of fourteen 

 Species. 



1658. Kingfishers in Winter. By George H. Shelton. Ibid. — In 

 Connecticut. 



1659. The Food oj Rapacious Birds. By M. G. Ellzey, M.D. [bid., 

 March 15, p. 144. — Especially Accipiter velox. 



1690. The W Met {Symphemia semipalmata) Alighting on Trees. By 

 John C. Cahoon. Ibid., March 22, p. 165. 



1691. Ridgway's North American Birds. Ibid., March 29, p. 184. — 

 Review of 'A Manual of North American Birds' hv Robert Ridgwav. 



1692. A Little dirt on Sparrows. By Susie J. Allen. Ibid. — Passer 

 do/uesticus. 



1693. The American Skylark. By R. I. B. Ibid., p. i%$.—-Alauda 

 arvensis on Long Island. 



1694. A Rim- Heron on Mid-ocean. By Mac. Ibid. 



1695. Notes on the English Sparrow. By Ernest E. Thompson. Ibid., 

 April 5, pp. 204-205. —With tabulated report of contents of stomachs" 

 examined. 



