50 Recent Literature . 



of birds at the locality named during March, April, and May, 18S0, in- 

 cluding such collateral phenomena as thermometrical readings, the devel- 

 opment of vegetation, etc. It is a model of what such a record should be, 

 and too many of its kind cannot be made public. 



88. Unusual Nesting Places [of the Robin and Chipping Sparroixi\. 

 By Seym. Ingersoll. Ibid.. XIV, p. 224. 



89. Spring Notes. By Seym. Ingersoll. Ibid., XIV, p. 224. — On the 

 arrival of birds at Cleveland, Ohio, February 10 to April 3. 18S0. 



90. Nesting Pigeons. By. M. Ibid.. XIV, pp. 231, 232. — On the 

 nesting and netting of Wild Pigeons at Shelby. Mich. "This roost 

 was thirty miles long, varying in width from one to five miles." 



91. The food of our Thrushes. Editorial [G. B. Grinnell]. Ibid.. XIV, 

 p. 244. — Review and abstract of Prof. S. A. Forbes's very important paper 

 on this subject in "Trans. 111. State Hort. Soc," Vol. XIII. 



92. Spring Field Xo/es. By II. E. Chubb. lb id., XIV, p. 307. ,-Record 

 of first arrival of birds at Cleveland, Ohio. February 12 to May 4, 1880. 



93. [ Vernal Migration of birds to Nova Scotia.~\ By J. Matthew Jones. 

 Ibid.. XIV. p. 307. — Notes on the arrival of various species in the spring 

 of 1SS0. 



94. Spring notes for April. By Seym. R. Ingersoll. Ibid.. XIV, p. 348. 

 — Arrival of birds at Cleveland, Ohio. 



95. Woodcock carrying their Young. By B., with lengthy editorial 

 comment. Ibid.. XIV, p. 368. 



96. Cape May Warbler (D[cudra>ca] Tigrina.) By J. N. Ibid.. XIV, 

 p. 389, — Record of its capture at Quebec. Canada. 



97. Linnean Society. Editorial. Ibid., XIV, pp. 3S9-390. — Record of 

 meeting held May 15, 1SS0. with abstracts of papers read, including one 

 by S. D. Osborne on the FringilIid<E which breed on Long Island, and of 

 others on birds by H. B. Bailey, L. S. Foster, Franklin Benner, and 

 others. 



98. Woodcock carrying their Young. Ibid., XIV, p. 468. — Two in- 

 teresting communications, one anonvmous [i.e. H. W. Ilenshaw], the 

 other by F. C. Fowler. 



99. Breeding of the Shorelark in Winter. By Chas. Linden. Ibid.. 

 XIV, p. 4S9. — Eremophila " cornuta " with half-fledged young the middle 

 of February at Buffalo, N. Y. 



100. Northern Range of the Blue Grosbeak. By Wm. Couper. Ibid., 

 XIV. p. 509, — On its capture at Bic. on the northern shore of the St. Law- 

 rence River. 



In addition to the above, these two volumes of " Forest and Stream" con- 

 tain many ornithological communications of interest which are either 

 anonymous, pseudonymous, or signed with initials, which for this reason 

 are here omitted. It is merely mistaken modesty, or pure whim, that leads 

 contributors of natural history notes to withold their names, especially 



