286 Recent Literature. [J^'ly 



6ii. Ohio Bird ArrivaU. By A. Hall. /^/^., No. 5, p. 85.— Gives 

 dates of arrival of the Bluebii-d for five years at East Randolph, O., etc. 



612. Black Vulture i>i Northern Dakota. By George A. Boardman. 

 Ibid., No. 6, p. 106. 



613. Wiftter Birds in Western Massachusetts. By W. W. Colburn. 

 Ibid.., No. 6, p. 106. — Capture of the Great Gray Ow^l {Syr7iii(m cineretun') 

 at Agawam. (This specimen is also recorded in Bull. N. O. C, VIII, 

 p. 123, and by W. A. Stearns in Amherst Record (newspaper) of Aug. 

 I, 18S3.) 



614. The Y ell oxv -bellied Woodpecker. Picus . By B. Horsford. 



Ibid., No. 7, p. 124. Kills trees by girdling them. 



615. Will Owls kill Crows? By G. Albert Knapp. Ibid., No. 7, p. 

 135. — Answered affirmatively by the citation of instances. 



616. Our Winter Birds. By George Enty. Ibid., No. 8, p. 146. 



617. The Great Caroli?ia Wrefi in Cou?iecticut. By C. H. NefF. Ibid., 

 No. 8, p. 47. — -Taken at Portland, Conn., March 2, 1S83. (Same specimen 

 also recorded in Bull. N. O. C, VIII, 120.) 



618. The Ptarmigan Winter. By H. G. V[ennor]. Ibid.^ No. 9, p. 

 166. — Ptarmigans in the neighborhood of Pembroke, Canada, during the 

 winter of 1882-83. 



619. Mockmg-Bird in Massachusetts. B}' John C. Cahoon. Ibid., 

 No. 10, p. 185. — Taken at Taunton, March 26, 1883, by the writer. 



620. Massachusetts Winter Birds. Birds Wintering at Taunton, 

 Mass., a?id Vicinity, during the Winter of 18S2-8J. By John C. Cahoon. 

 Ibid., No. 12, p. 324. 



621. Some Southern California Birds. By James E. Wadham. Ibid., 

 No. 12, p. 225. — Notes on 6 species. 



622. Turkey Buzzard in Maine. By R. A. Gushee. Ibid., No. 13, p. 

 345. — One taken at East Fryeburg, and another seen. 



623. Spring Birds of Nebraska. By A. Hall. Ibid., No. 14, pp. 26^, 

 266, No. 15, p. 284. — An annotated list of 114 species, observed in the 

 "vicinity of the Platte River, in Southeastern Nebraska, from March i to 

 June I, 1880." Includes Sprague's Lark (breeding), Townsend's Fly- 

 catcher, Baird's Sparrow, I^econte's Sparrow, Lark Bunting, Arctic Tow- 

 hee, Magpie, Burrowing Owl, and other Western birds, with most of the 

 common Eastern species. 



624. Nova Scotia Spring Notes. By J. Matthew Jones. Ibid., No. 15, 

 p. 285. — Records the arrival of some of the earlier spring birds. 



625. Birds of Northerji Ohio. By Seym. R. Ingersoll. Ibid., No. 

 16, pp. 304, 305. — A briefly annotated list of 208 species. 



626. Notes on the Birds of Alabama. By A. M. R. Ibid., No. 17, p. 

 323. — An annotated list of some 94 species. The Bobolink and Siurus 

 ncBviiis reported as breeding ; the Ivory-billed Woodpecker as "common 

 in the mountainous region of the north," while the Pileated is not given ! 

 There are other notes that evidently require explanation or confirmation. 

 The notes were made "during the summers of i88o and 1881," and relate 

 to the "two extremes" (northern and southern) of the State. It is, there- 



