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Minot, H. D.— The Land-birds and Game-birds of New England, with 

 descriptions of the birds, their nests and eggs, their habits and 

 notes. With illustrations. By H. D. Minot. 



" To him who in the love of Nature holds 



" Communion with her visible forms, she speaks 



" A various language;" 



Bryant's Thanatopsis. 



Salem, Mass. Naturalists' Agency. Boston : Estes & Lauriat. 

 1877. 8vo., pp. i-xvi and 1-456, frontispiece and woodcuts. 



.... the descriptions, however, are tersely original .... the most 

 prominent and most original features of the work are the artificial 

 "keys."....— E. C, Bull. Nutt. Ornilh. Club, Vol. II., pp. 49, 50, April, 

 1877. 



...the book has never been reviewed on its merits, and things 

 which should have been severely censured have passed nearly unchal- 

 lenged up to the present time . . leaving out the faulty portions, which 

 in nearly all cases relate to abstract points similar to those just cited 

 [careless methods of work and identification], the pages bear the im- 

 press of accurate observation and original thought, while no one who 

 loves the out-door side of Nature can fail to sympathize with the 

 author's sentiment or to be impressed by the truth and beauty of many 

 of his passages It is a pity that one who writes so delightfully will 

 mar his work bv a persistent adhesion to false principles. — William 

 Brewster, Bull. Nuit. OrnUh. Club, Vol. VI, pp. 242-244, October, 1881. 



Nelson, E. W. — Birds of Northeastern Illinois. By E. W. Nelson. 

 Bull. Essex Inst., Vol. VIII., pp. 90-155, April, 1877. 



. It is not, however, from the simple enumeration of species that 

 this list derives its chief value and interest, but from the unusually 

 complete and satisfactory character of the biographical annotations, 

 which embrace good descriptions of the habits of many birds previously 

 but little known....— W. JB., Bull. Nuit. Ornith. Club, Vol. Ii., pp. 68, 

 69, July, 1877. 



Nelson, E. W. — Notes upon Birds observed in Southern Illinois, be- 

 tween July 17 and September 4, 1875. By E. W. Nelson. Bull. 

 Essex Inst, Vol. IX., pp. 32-65, June, 1877. 



. . . .contains much information respecting the distribution, habits, 

 and relative abundance of the summer birds of the southern portion of 

 the . . .State —J. A. A., Bull. Nuit. Ornith. Club, Vol. III., p. 36, Jan- 

 uary, 1878. 



Rathbun, Frank R. — A Partial Catalogue of the Birds of Central 

 New York, from observations taken in the Counties of Cayuga, 

 Seneca, and Wayne by Mr. H. G. Fowler, of Auburn, N. Y., and 

 from the Cabinet of Skins of New York Birds collected by Mr. 

 J. B. Gilbert, of Penn Yan, Yates County. Divided and arranged 

 in accordance with the " Check List of North American Birds," 

 by Elliott Coues, M.D., U. S. A., and dedicated to the Cayuga 

 Historical Society. By Frank B. Rathbun. Auburn Daily Ad- 

 vertiser (newspaper) of August 14, 1877. 



.... The list contains one hundred and ninety-one species, with 

 brief notes on their relative abundance, times of migration, etc. The 



