I1I2 Recent Literature. re 
Wintle’s ‘ Birds of Montreal’.'—The work opens with a descriptive and 
historical preface of twelve pages, followed by (pp. 1-135) a copiously 
annotated list of 254 species, arranged in accordance with the classifica- 
tion and nomenclature of the A. O. U. Check-List, the names of the 
higher groups being included. The character of the ‘ List’ is sufficiently 
indicated by the descriptive portion of the title page, already transcribed 
in the accompanying footnote. This is succeeded by what is properly part 
two of the book, containing “ Abridged Descriptions of the Birds of Mon- 
treal, specially given for the purpose of identification for persons not 
familiar with their general appearance,” occupying pp. =37—214, the exis- 
tence of which excellent feature the title page gives no intimation. 
These descriptions consist of about five to ten lines each, and for the most 
part give very well the distinctive features of the species. This is succeeded 
by a very full index of vernacular names (pp. 215-227), and by still a third 
part, also not indicated on the title page. This has an embellished title 
page of its own as an ‘ inset,’ with the title, ‘‘ Original Sporting Sketches, 
compiled by David Rennie, 1895.” It is paged continuously with the rest 
of the book (forming pp. 229-281), but is set in smaller type. The book 
appears to well meet the needs of a local, popular hand book. It is well 
printed in rather large type, on good paper, and typographically presents 
an attractive appearance. It is somewhat marred by the printer’s excen- 
tricities of punctuation in connection with the technical names, but 
typographical errors are not numerous.— J. A. A. 
Oberholser’s Birds of Wayne County, Ohio.*— The list proper includes 
183 species, and is followed by a ‘Hypothetical List’ of 82 species, which 
1 The | Birds of Montreal | By | Ernest D. Wintle, | “Associate Member of 
the. American Ornithologists Union.” | Birds observed in the vicinity of Mon- 
treal, Province of Quebec, | Dominion of Canada, with annotations as to 
whether they | are “ Permanent Residents,” or those that are found | regularly 
throughout the year; “‘ Winter Visitants,” | or those that occur only during the 
winter season, | passing north in the spring; “Transient Visitants,” or those 
that occur only | during migrations in spring and | autumn; ‘‘Summer Resi- 
dents,” | or those that are known to | breed, but which depart southward be- 
fore winter; and “Accidental Visitants,” or strag- | glers from remote districts ; 
giving | their relative abundance as to whether | they are rare, scarce, common 
or abundant ; | data of mests and eggs when found, and especially | noting the 
species that breed in the C7ty and Mount | Royal Park ; also data of migratory 
arrivals and de- | partures, and other notes, all of which are deduced | from 
original observations made during the past fifteen years. | — | Montreal: | 
W. Drysdale & Co. | — | 1896.—8vo., pp. xiv + 181, with an outline map and 
several plates. 
2A Preliminary List of the Birds of Wayne County, Ohio. By Harry C. 
Oberholser. Bull. of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station. Technical 
Series, Vol. I, Number 4, July, 1896, Art. xxiv, pp. 243-354. 
