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pp. 188-628. Columbus, Ohio: Nevins & Myers, State Printers. 

 8vo. 1882. 



. ...a treatise on the ornithology of the State so extensive and so 

 systematic that the time its preparation has occupied seems justified it 

 not absolutely required . . Dr. Wheaton's report must at once take 

 place at the head of State Faunas, so far us ornithology is concerned 

 . . Ohioans have here, in fact, a correct history and description of their 

 300 birds, systematically arranged and classified, with diagnoses of the 

 genera and higher groups, a considerable synonomy of each species 

 with special reference to State literature, and a local bibliography. . . . 

 this volume of some 450 pages is no slight nor uncertain addition to our 



ornithological literature E. C., Hull. Xutl. Ornith. Club, Vol. VIII., 



pp. 110-112, April, 1883. 



WHITE, GEOEGE R., and SCOTT, W. L. Commentary on the Bird- 

 Fauna of the Vicinity of Ottawa. By Geo. R. White and W. L. 

 Scott. Report of Ornithological and Oiilogical Branch, Trans. 

 Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club, No. 3, pp. 26-34, and Appendix. 



. .The list is briefly annotated, and contains 169 species .. we are 

 astounded to see in the list Ifaip^rhynckus cinereus! Parus riifescenn .' 

 Vireo pusiltus ! Gliucidium passerinum var. californicum ! This of course 

 puts the whole affair under a cloud as an incompetent and doubtless 

 pretty nearly worthless performance. -E. C. , BuV. Nutt. Ornitli. Club, 

 Vol. VIII., p. 55, January, 1883. 



[ . . .The authors . . .had no opportunity to correct the proof-sheets 

 . ...Ecld.] Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, Vol. VIII., pp. 115, 116, April, 1883. 



1883. 



BECKHAM, CHARLES WICKLIFFE. A List of the Birds of Bardstown, 

 Nelson County, Kentucky. By Charles Wickliffe Beckham. 

 Journ. Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist., Vol. VI., pp. 136-147, July, 



1883. 



. . . .the first paper on the birds of Kentucky, as such, which has 

 yet appeared, and relating mainly to the birds of the immediate vicini- 

 ty of Bardstown, "... .no species has been admitted on any but the best 

 of evidence ; out of the one hundred and sixty-seven enumerated, the 

 writer is himself responsible for all but eight of tbem " . . .The list is 

 briefly annotated . .is well printed, and evidently carefully prepared 

 . . . . J. A. A., Bull Null. Ornith. Club, Vol. VIII., pp. 227, 228, October, 

 1883. 



COOKE, W. W. Mississippi Valley Migration. By W. W. Cooke. 

 Ornithologist and Oologitt, Vol. VIII. , Nos. 4-7, April- July, 1883, 

 pp. 25-27, 33, 34, 41, 42, 49-53. 



.... Mr. Cooke's scheme contemplates a large number of observing 

 stations ...he appears to have correspondents at 44 stations ...his 

 matter is pertinent and in most cases well arranged; while his sum- 

 maries respecting the movements of particular species, as given in his 

 later papers, show at a glance what are the results attained. J. A. A.. 

 Kill NM. Ornitli. Club, Vol. VIII., pp. 230, 231, October, 1883. 



