upwards of three hundred birds, natives of the 

 country, or regular or occasional visitors, with a 

 record of the times of arrival and departure of 

 those who are not permanent residents ; and 

 these, as every Canadian knows, comprise nearly 

 the whole number, for the feathered tribes are 

 very scarce with us in winter, and even the birds 

 we see at that season are mostly migrants. The 

 work is well printed on tinted paper, and contains 

 numerous woodcuts. Dr. Ross, we understand, 

 has other works in preparation on some in- 

 teresting branches of Canadian Entomology." 

 Canada Farmer. 



" The work is designed, as the author states in 

 his preface, to supply in some measure a want long 

 felt by those interested in the study of Canadian 

 Ornithology ; and it must be confessed that this 

 "want" has been well and ably supplied therein 

 by Dr. Ross. We do not marvel, however, at 

 the fund of information presented in " The Birds 

 of Canada," as Dr. Ross is a gentleman who has 

 made ornithology the study of many years. He 

 has in his collection (which has been made in this 

 Province) specimens of almost all the birds which 

 he describes; and this it is which gives him such 

 rare advantage in treating accurately and elabo- 

 rately his cherished subject. The first edition of 

 the work is drained to the last copy a fair cri- 



