80] BIBLIOGRAPHICAL APPENDIX. 1859 655 



1859. COTTLE, T. A List of Birds found in Upper Canada. <^Canad. Nat. 

 and GeoL, iv, 1859, pp. 231-233. 

 Nominal list of 146 spp., with 7 short foot-notes. 



1859. DBS MURS, O. Observations sur les Mceurs de divers Oiseaux du 

 Mexique, par M. de Saussure. < Rev. et Mag. de ZooL, xi, 1859, pp. 

 274-276. 



R6sum6 du m6moire dans la Bibliotheque TJniverselle de Geneve, Archives, 

 1858, observations concernant principalement une espece de Pic, & tort nomm6e 

 Colaptes rubricatus (i. e. Melanerpesformicivoruf'). 



1859. DES MuRS, O. North American Oology ; by Thomas M. Brewer, m. d. 

 <Rev. et Mag. de Zool, xi, 1859, pp. 450-454. 



Revue de la premiere partie de cet ouvrage. 



1859. D'URBAN, W. S. M. Observations on the Natural History of the Val- 

 ley of the River Rouge, and surrounding townships in the Counties 

 of Argenteuil and Ottawa. <^Canad. Nat. and Geol., iv, 1859, pp. 252- 

 276. 

 Contains, pp. 258-268, an annotated list of 75 spp. of birds. 



1859. EDITORIAL. [S. F. Baird's re"sume* of ornithological field operations in 

 progress in America, -etc.] < Ibis, i, 1859, pp. 334, 335. 



1859. FOWLER, S. P. Ornithology of the United States, its Past and Present 

 History. <Proc. Essex Inst., ii, 1859, pp. 327-334. 



A short sketch of the subject ; with reference to Capt. J. Smith, A. "Wilson, T. 

 Morton, W. Wood, J. Josselyn, P. Collinson, La Hontan, Dn Pratz, Hennepin, 

 Charlevoix, Catesby, Kalm, Carrer, Loskiel, Bonapaite, DeKay, and sundry 

 later writers. 



1859. GOSSE, P. H. Letters from Alabama, | (U. S.) | chiefly relating to | 

 Natural History. | | By | Philip Henry Gosse, F. R. S. | | Lon- 

 don : Morgan and Chase, | Tichborne court, 280, High Holborn. | 

 1859. 1 vol. 16mo (half-sheets f , 8 1. to a sig.). pp. xii, 306, with 1 1. 

 advts., many woodcc. 



These letters appeared before in the form of contributions to a magazine enti- 

 tled " The Home Friend", from which they are reproduced, with revision. Though 

 chiefly relating to insects, the author of the "Birds of Jamaica" is in this 

 volume delightfully ornithological passim. I know of no other work treating 

 exclusively of the birds of this State. Many of the cuts represent birds. 



1859. "A. G." Death of Mr. Nuttall. < Am. Journ. Sci., xxviii, 1859, p. 444 ; 

 xxix, 1860, pp. 441,442. 



Born at Settle, Yorkshire, 1784 ; died September 10, 1859, near Preston, in Lan- 

 cashire, cet. 75. The notice is by Asa Gray. 



1859. HADFIELD, [H.] W. Birds of Canada observed near Kingston during 

 the Spring of 1858. < Zoologist, xvii, 1859, pp. 6701-6709, 6744-6752. 

 Original observations on the times of appearance, habits, etc., of a large 

 number of species. 



1859. HADFIELD, H. [W.] Birds of Canada observed near Kirgston during 

 the latter part of the Summer and in the Autumn of 1857. < Zoolo- 

 gist, xvii, 1859, pp. 6781-6787 ; concluded, xxii, 1864, pp. 9297-9310. 



1859. HEKRMAKN, A. L. *%<$> } Senate ' { Na Ti' I ~ I Ee P ort8 I 

 of I Explorations and Surveys, | to | ascertain the most practicable 

 and economical route for a railroad | from the | Mississippi River to 



