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Birds of Western Ontario. — Messrs. Morcicn uiui Saunders have rccentlv 

 published a hrieflj annotated 'List of the Birds of Western Ontario,'* 

 based on observations "made at and near Iljde Park, London. Mitchell's 

 Bay, Point Pelee, and Lucknovv," and numbering 236 species. The list 

 has evidently been prepared with much care and forms a valuable addition 

 to our knowledge of the distribution of Canadian birds. Among southern 

 species included we note the Swallow-tailed Kite, the Cardinal Grosbeak, 

 the Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Hooded Warbler. Mocking Bird, Rough-winged 

 Swallow, Turkey Buzzard, Avocet, Great White Egret, Glossy Ibis, etc. ; 

 and among nortliern species tlie Bohemian Waxwing, Evening Grosbeak, 

 both species of Three-toed Woodpeckers, the Cinereous Owl, Hawk Owl, 

 etc. Comparison with Mr. Mcllwraith's well-known excellent list of the 

 birds of Hamilton, Ont., published in 1S66, shows that, while it contains 5 

 species less than that, it includes 19 not enumerated in the Hamilton list. 



In- this connection attention should be called to Mr. Mclhvraith's recent 

 interesting collation of the two lists, f his article forming an instructive 

 commentary on the general subject, and at the same time a supplement to 

 his own earlier list, he adding 7 species not contained in either of the 

 two lists here under notice, raising the number of species thus far noted 

 in Western Ontario to 260. — ^J. A. A. 



Minor Ornithological Publications.! — The 'American Naturalist,' Vols. 

 XV (iSSiJ, XVI (1SS2), XVII (;i8S3), contains (besides various extracts 

 from -Forest and Stream,' 'Ornithologist and Oologists,' and other 

 journals) the follo\ying original notes and articles (Nos. 45S-S03) : — 



455. Habits of the English Sparroxv in the United States. By Henrv 

 Gillman. Anier. Nat., XV, pp. 139, 140. 



456. Migrations of the Sand-Hill Crane. By F. E. L. Beal. Ibid.. 

 XV. pp. 141, 142. 



457. A Collector's JVotes on the Breeding of a ferv Western Birds. 

 By E. [=G.] Holterhoif, Jr. Ibid., XV, pp. 20S-219. — Interesting notes on 

 about 40 species of birds observed in Arizona and Southern California, 

 some of them pre\ious]y very little known. 



. 458. Notes on a few of the Diseases and Injuries in Birds. B\' R. W. 

 Shufeldt, M. D., U. S. A. Ibid.. XV. pp. 283-285. 



459. Value of the House Wren as an Insect Destroyer. Bv Charles 

 Aldrich. Ibid., XV, pp. 318, 319, 



460. Our Social Bine Jays. By Charles Aldrich. Ibid., XV, p. 319. 



461. The English Sparrozv in Illinois. By S. A. Forbes. Ibid.. XV, 

 PP- 39-- 393- 



462. Red--Lvinged Starlings. By Charles Aldrich. /i5/f/. , X^'. pp.' 293, 

 294. — Observed at Webster City, Iowa, in December. 



* List of the Birds of Western Ontario. By J. A. Morden and W. E. Saunders' 

 Canadian Sportsman and Naturalist, Vol. II, Nos. 11 and 12, pp. 183-187, 192-194. 

 November and December, 1882. 



t Canadian Sportsman and Naturalist, \'ol. Ill, pp. 198-200, Jan. 1883. 



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X Continued from Bulletin Nuttall Ornithological Club, Vol. VIII, p. 238. 



