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Mr. Montague Chamberlain, in the preface to his 'A Systematic 

 Table of Canadian Birds,' announces that his "promised 'Bibliography of 

 Canadian Ornithology' is well under way, and will probably be published 

 during the coming summer." Its appearance will certainly be awaited 

 with interest. 



Among recent additions to the list of periodicals of an ornithological 

 character are the 'Oologist's Exchange,' a 4-page monthly, published 

 at Austen, 111., by T. Vernon Wilson; 'The Bay State Oologist,' also a 

 4-page monthlj', "devoted exclusively to students of birds, their nests and 

 eggs" {sic), published at Pittsfield, Mass., by W. H. Foote ; and 'The 

 Collector's Illustrated Magazine', a monthly 16-page octavo, "devoted to 

 the interests of collectors in all branches," edited and published by E. M. 

 Maight, of Riverside, Cal. The first number of each is dated January, 

 1888. The two numbers which have reached us of the first-named 

 consist mainly of selections from various sources; those of the other two 

 contain original articles and notes as well as selections. Some of the original 

 notes are of considerable interest. If the editors or publishers of these 

 and the many other journals of a soinewhat similar character now issued 

 in various parts of the country will kindly send their respective journals 

 regularly to the editor of 'The Auk', he will see that the original articles 

 on birds are duly noted, from time to time, in 'The Auk,' under the head 

 of 'Minor Ornithological Publications', in the department of 'Recent 

 Literature.' 



Just at present Mexico seems to be a favorite field for ornithological re- 

 search. As the readers of the 'The Auk' are well aware, Mr. William Brew- 

 ster has had several collectors at work during the past year in Lower Cali- 

 fornia and Western Mexico, one of whom is still in the field. Mr. F. DuCane 

 Godman is also giving special attention to ornithology in connection with 

 other departments of Mexican biology, he having recently placed in the 

 field in the southeastern and other portions of the Republic, several 

 collectors, including Mr. and Mrs. Herbert H. Smith, Mr. F. B. Armstrong, 

 and Mr. William Lloyd, the latter well known for his ornithological work 

 in Texas. Mr. George B. Sennett is also extending his work beyond the 

 Texan border, he having sent two collectors, Messrs. Priour and Grover, 

 into northeastern Mexico, to explore the States of Tamaulipas and 

 Nuevo Leon. The combined results of this activity cannot fail to soon 

 make the ornithology of many portions of Mexico comparatively well 

 known. 



