oo Recent Literature. [January 



The 'Canadian Sportsman and Naturalist,' Volumes T and II,* Jan. 1881, 

 Dec. 1882, contains the following (Nos. 504-522) : — 



504- The Barred Oivl\^Syrnium 7iebHlosum~\. By R. Rowe. Canadian 

 Sportsman and Naturalist, Vol. I, p. 27. —Its abundance at St. John, N. 

 B., in the winter of 1880-81. Notes also the capture there of various 

 other species. 



505. Bird Nesting in Labrador [Editorial.-']. Ibid., I, pp. 50-52. — 

 Relates chiefly to water birds breeding on the coast of Labrador. 



506. Rare Birds in Canada. By C. [=W. Couper]. Lbid., I, p. 68. — 

 "Blue Bunting {^Cyanospiza parellina [sic])"and Yellow-headed Blackbird, 

 the latter at Godbout, Lower St. Lawrence. Also at same place Parus 

 kudsonicus nesting". 



507. Canadian Birds. List of Birds obtained and observed by Profes- 

 sor Macoim at and near the City of Belleville, County Hastings, Ontario, 

 in the Spring of A. D. 1881, zvith remarks by Professor J. T. Bell, of 

 Albert University. Ibid., I, pp. 84, 86. — -A nominal list of 75 species. 

 A note follows, signed "C." (=W. Couper), criticising the nomenclature 

 of the list (that of Dr. Jordan's well-known 'Manual'), in which the 

 writer displays surprising ignorance of the subject, he apparently hav- 

 ing heard of nothing later bearing on it than Baird's 'Report' of 1858! 

 To these strictures Professor Bell makes a fitting reply {Ibid., I, p. 95). 



508. Ornithology of the Island of Montreal. By Ernst D. Wintle. 

 Ibid.,11, ■pY>- loS-iio, n6, 117. — A briefly annoted list of 168 species, 

 based on observations covering seven years. 



509. The Red Crossbill (^Loxia Curvirostra . — Lin.). By J. II. Gar- 

 nier. Ibid., II, pp. iii, 112. — Habits and nesting near Lucknow, Ont. 



510. Ornithological .Queries. By C. [=W. Couper]. Ibid., II, pp. 

 115, 116, 136, 141,175. — Respecting the nesting habits and distribution 

 of many of the rarer birds of Canada. 



511. The Nidificatio?/ of Nuthatches. By W. W. Dunlop. Ibid., pp. 

 122, 123, 137, 138. 



512. Reply to Ornithological .Queries. Ibid., II, pp. 123, 124. Two 

 articles by respectively Wm. L. Kells and Harold Gilbert. They relate to 

 the Whippoorwill. Winter Wren, Hudsonian Titmouse, and Red-bellied 

 Nuthatch. 



513. Notes on the Natural History of Lucknow, Ont. Bv J. H. Gamier. 

 Ibid., II, pp. 125. 126. — Contains notes on some of the rarer Waders and 

 Swimmers. 



514. Supposed Nests of the Crossbill \_Loxia curvirostra^. By W. L. 

 Kells. Ibid., II, pp. 138. — Near Listowel, Ont. 



*The Canadian Sportsman and Naturalist: A Monthly Journal. Vol. I, Jan. 1881- 

 Dec. 1881, 8vo., pp. 1-96, Montreal, Can. : William Couper, Editor; W. W. Dunlop, 

 Assistant Editor. Vol. II, pp. 97-196, 1882, Montreal, Can. : William Couper, Editor. 

 The first volume of this periodical was devoted largely to sporting matters, particularly 

 hunting and fishing, contained very little about ornithology, and this mostly of slight 

 value. More space is given in volumes II and III to natural history, with a marked 

 increase in the quantity and great improvement in the quality of the ornithological 

 matter. 



