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Maynard, C. J. — The Birds of Florida, with the Water and Game 

 Birds of Eastern North America. By C. J. Maynard. Illustrated. 

 Published by C. J. Maynard & Co., Newtonville, Mass. 



the eighth part has just been received The text is by far the 



most satisfactory part of the work, and contains much of interest, 

 though, perhaps, too much space is given to the habits of some species 

 as observed in New England and elsewhere ...Certain changes are 

 made in nomenclature and classification, notably raising the Kingfish- 

 ers and Nighthawks to the rank of orders . . .Plates i., ii., iii., and xii. 

 are passable, . . but the others are extremely poor, Plate vii., in 



Part vi., has figures of sixty-six eggs of sixty-four species — J. C. M., 



Bull. Nvtt. Omith. Club, Vol. IV., pp. 114, 115, April, 1879. 



Maynard, C. J. — The Birds of Eastern North America, with original 

 Descriptions of all the Species which occur east of the Mississippi 

 Biver between the Arctic Circle and the Gulf of Mexico, with full 

 Notes upon their Habits. By C. J. Maynard. Containing thirty 

 Plates drawn on Stone by the Author, C. J. Maynard & Co., 

 Newtonville, Mass. 4to. (Thirteen Parts issued,) 



See above, same work under another title. 



. . . the peninsula (of Florida) has never received so much atten- 

 tion at the hands of any one ornithologist, not excepting Audubon, as 

 from Mr. Maynard. It is a matter for regret that the later plans of the 

 work had not been its original one. Had such been the case, the author 

 would have bern spared the necessity— if indeed it be a necessity— of 

 repeating verbatim in the "BirJs of Eastern North America" many 

 pages of descriptive matter and biography which appeared in the 

 " Birds of Florida "... .In his classification Mr. Maynard has departed 

 in many particulars from beaten paths, the basis for most of his 

 changes being anatomical ...It is evident that the "Birds of Eastern 

 North America'' was written more with a view of striking the popular 

 taste than as a hand-book for the systematic ornithologist, . . In con- 

 clusion, we may be permitted to express the feeling that the portions 

 of the work now before us do not by any means represent the author's 

 best efforts, and that in certain particulars, but especially as regards 

 the plates, he is capable of placing the work on a far higher plane than 

 can at present be accorded it. — H. W. H, Bull. Natl. Omith. Club, Vol. V., 

 pp. 170-173, July, 1880. 



Mearns, Edgar A. — A List of the Birds of the Hudson Highlands, 

 with annotations. By Edgar A. Mearns. Bull. Essex. Institute, 

 Vol. XII., pp. 11-25 [JEgiothus linaria to Quiscalus purpureus), 

 January-June, 1880. 



Bull. Essex. Institute, Vol. XII., pp. 109-128 {Corvusfrugivorus 



to Ortyxvirginiana), July-September, 1880. 



The high praise accorded the earlier instalments is equally 

 merited by those now under notice, Mr. Mearns's "List of the Birds of 

 the Hudson Highlands " ranking easily among the best of our long list 



