34 Becent Literature. 



of the day, the females diiring the latter part of the day, each, while 

 off duty, occasionally feeding the other, but putting in a good share 

 of the time as sentinels, perched upon a favorite dead limb near the 

 nest, ready to give the alarm in case of approaching danger. At 

 Buch times they scold rapidly, and manifest great anxiety and fear, 

 circling overhead, occasionally alighting, and taking good care to 

 keep out of reach. The fear of man is not without cause, for our 

 hunters never lose an opportunity to shoot at them, knowing how 

 destructive they are to the water-fowls found in the sloughs along 

 the river-bottoms. 



Neosho Falls, Kansas. 



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Birds of the Vicinity of Cincinnati. — Mr. F. W. Langdon's 

 Catalogue of the Birds of the Vicinity of Cincinnati,* embraces two hiui- 

 dred and seventy-nine species, about one third of which are marked as 

 known to breed in the vicinity. The author gives notes respecting the 

 times of migration, relative abundance, etc., of each species, and dis- 

 tinguishes those recorded in the list simply from their known range in- 

 cluding the locality from those known to have been actually taken. They 

 number about forty species, mainly Sandpipers, Plovers, and Terns, and 

 embrace only such as are certainly likely to occur. The list is evidently 

 prepared with care, and gives a convenient and undoubtedly trustworthy 

 summary of the Avian Fauna of the locality of which it treats. — J. A. A. 



Birds of Central New York. — Through the kindness of the author 

 we have received a catalogue of the birds of Caj'uga, Seneca, and Wayne 

 Counties, New York,t published in the "Auburn Daily Advertiser" 

 (newspaper), of Auburn, New York. The list contains one hundred and 



* A Catalogue of the Birds of the Vicinity of Cincinnati, with Notes. By 

 Frank W. Langdon. 8vo. pp. 18. Salem, Mass. : The Naturalists' Agency. 

 1877. 



t A Partial Catalogue of the Birds of Central New York, from observations 

 taken in the Counties of Cayuga, Seneca, and Wayne by Mr. H. G. Fowler, 

 of Auburn, N. Y., and from the Cabinet of Skins of New York Birds collected 

 by Mr. J. B. Gilbert, of Penn Yan, Yates County. Divided and arranged in 

 accordance with the "Check List of North American Birds," by Elliott Coues, 

 M. D., U. S. A., and dedicated to the Cayuga Historical Society. By Frank B. 

 Rathbun. Auburn Daily Advertiser (newspaper) of August 14, 1877. 



