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THE OOLOGIST. l<?('5j 



The same person on March 16, 1899 

 brought me a male Robin which has 

 three white feathers in its right wing 

 and four in its left wing, four white 

 feathers in its tail, breast white, its 

 head, neck and back mottled with 

 white, several coverts white. 



The other Albino which I have is a 

 female Bob-white. It was killed on 

 November 28, 1899. This bird is of a 

 very light color all over, but not pure 

 white, its bill white, feet and legs a 

 pale flesh color. 



If these notes are of sufficient interest 

 you may publish them. 



O. S. Biggs, 

 San Jose, III. 



Review. 



canadii:t birds by john macoun, 



m. a., f. r. s. c , naturalist to 



the geological survey of 



CANADA. 



In compiling this catalogue of the 

 birds of Canada the author has endeav- 

 ored to bring together facts on the 

 range and nesting habits of all birds 

 known to reside in, migrate to or visit 

 the northern part of the continent. 



In addition to the Dominion of Can- 

 ada he has therefore included New- 

 foundland, Greenland and Alaska. 



Since the publication of Fauna Bor- 

 eal! Americana by Swainson & Rich- 

 ardson in 1831 no attempt has been 

 made to produce a work dealing with 

 the ornithology of the region now em- 

 braced in the Dominion of Canada. 



In 1857 Mr, Montagu Chamberlain 

 published a catalogue of Canadan birds 

 and previous to this Mr. T. Mcllwraith 

 published his Birds of Ontario, which 

 included the birds known to occur in 

 that province only. 



The Birds of Manitoba by Mr. Ernest 

 Seton Thompson was published in 1891, 

 and, as the name implies covered little 

 more than that province. 



In 1891 Bird Nesting in Northwest 



Canada by Walter Raine was publish- 

 ed, which gave an account of the birds 

 found nesting in Assiniboia, a vast ter- 

 ritory that had previously been over- 

 looked by ornithologists. 



Mr. C. E. Dionne of Quebec pub- 

 lished a catalogue of the birds of that 

 province and Mr. Ernest D. Winkle has 

 published a valuable little work en- 

 titled The Birds of Manitoba, while in 

 1898 Mr. John Fannin's Birds of British 

 Columbia appeared. 



While the above ornithologists were 

 engaged gathering and publishing the 

 valuable information contained in these 

 works. Professor Macoun had constant- 

 ly before him the necessity of the pres- 

 ent work and has been collecting notes 

 and observations during all his JDurneys 

 since 1879. Consequently he has gath- 

 ered together a mass of valuable and 

 interesting matter and his work on 

 Canadian Birds is the most complete 

 and up-to-date work yet published. 



Part I includes Water Birds, Gallin- 

 aceous Birds and Pigeons and Part II 

 will be printed this spring. 



Least Bittern Observed in Penn- 

 sylvania. 



Having noticed in the April (1900) 

 Oologist the article by Mr. E. R. For- 

 rest, Washington, Pa , in rfgard to 

 Least Bittern being observed in Penn- 

 sylvania, it may not be out of place for 

 me to state that I have observed them 

 here in the months of April, June, 

 July, August and September. It ap- 

 pears strange that I never observed any 

 in May. For two years I have observ- 

 a pair at Holmesburg, this county along 

 the Pennypack creek, where they nest- 

 ed, although I never found their nest. 

 In August 1899 at this locality I flushed 

 four from along the creek; two I iden 

 tified as young Brids from their weak, 

 uneven flight In September several 

 years since, a boy offered me one for 

 half a dollar, which he shot at Bride- 

 burg, this county. It was a young one 

 and not quite full fledged. 



Richard F. Miller, 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



