iS9>-J Receut Literature. 3^'? 



eggs in the nests of other birds, leaving tiiem to be hatchedand the voung 

 reared, in one case by a pair of Yellow Warblers, in two cases by Chip- 

 ping Sparrows; Mr. E. E. Thompson records the capture of a male En- 

 glish Linnet l^Linota canualn'ua) at Toronto. There are many interesting 

 winter records of visitors from the far North, and various instances of 

 rather southern species wintering. The article concludes with a list of 

 the ornithological papers published in the 'Canadian Journal' (1S153 to 

 1889, inclusive). 



A second paper, entitled, 'The Birds of Ottawa," gives a list of birds 

 found in the neighborhood of Ottawa, compiled from the records of the 

 Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club, embodying the work of the 'Ornithologi- 

 cal Branch' of the Club from the beginning of the year 1881 to the end of 

 the year 1S90. This list is a revision of the list published in 1SS2, from 

 which a number of species are eliminated and others added, including 

 two here given for the first time, the total number now recorded being 

 224. The district covered is an area of thirty miles radius from the citv 

 of Ottawa. The annotations consist generally of abbreviations signifj-ing 

 the season of occurrence and relative abundance, though manv of the 

 rarer species are followed by tnore or less extended remarks. — ^J. A. A. 



Stone's List of 'Birds collected in Yucatan and Southern Mexico.' f — 

 Mr. Witmer Stone, Curator of Birds in the Philadelphia Acadeniv of 

 Natural Sciences, accompanied Prof. Angelo Heilprin on his recent expe- 

 dition to Yucatan and the Highlands of Southern Mexico, of which the 

 present paper gives the ornithological results. An annotated list is given 

 of 96 species collected in Yucatan during about five weeks, from Feb. 

 22 to March 26, 1890. A list of the 18 species taken during a few days' 

 stay at Orizaba, and a third list of 33 species taken near Chalchicomula 

 and on the Peak of Orizaba, completes the paper. Interesting compari- 

 sons are made between the bird life of the several localities visited in 

 Southern Mexico. A few species collected by Mr. F. C. Baker at difter- 

 ent points in Western Mexico are also mentioned. — J. A. A. 



The Owls in the Collection of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural 

 Sciences. — Mr. Witmer Stone has recently published J a 'Catalogue of 

 the Owls in the Collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Phila- 

 delphia,' which numbers 113 species, represented by 525 specimens, 

 including the types of 14 species. Among the types are those of several 

 of Cassin's species, of several of Gould's Australian species, and oi Bubo 

 subarcticns Hoy. — J. A. A. 



* Ottawa Naturalist. Vol. V, No. 2. May. 1891. 

 + Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1890. pp. 201-218. 

 X Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1890, pp. 124-131. 



