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Chambeklatn, Montague. — A Catalogue of the Birds of New Bruns- 

 wick, with brief notes relating to their migrations, breeding, rela- 

 tive abundance, etc. By Montague Chamberlain. Bulletin of the 

 Natural History Society of New Brunswick. No. 1, pp. 23-68. 

 Published by the Society. Saint John, N. B., 1882. 



. .This paper comprises some forty-three pages, which are di- 

 vided into two sections ; "Section A" being restricted to species which 

 occur in St. John and King's Counties; while " Section B" embraces 

 " species which have not been observed in Saint John or King's Counties 

 but which occur in other parts of the Province." The former division 

 treats of a region to which the author has evidently paid special atten- 

 tion, and the text, being mainly based on his personal observations or 

 investigations, includes many interesting and several important notes 

 and records . . . Section B is almost wholly compiled . . . Mr. Chamber- 

 lain's work, so far as it has gone, has evidently been done carefully 



and well in many respects it lacks the completeness that is desirable 



in a paper of its kind — W. B., Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, Vol. VII., pp. 



176, 177, July, 1882. 



Collins, J. W. — Notes on the Habits and Methods of Capture of vari- 

 ous species of Sea Birds that occur on the Fishing Banks off the 

 Eastern Coast of North America, and which are used as bait lor 

 catching Codfish by New England Fishermen. By Capt. J. W. 

 Collins. Ann. Rep. of the Gomm. of Fish and Fisheries for 1882, 

 pp. 311-338, pi. i. 



.... particularly welcome, not only for the information they convey 

 on these points [sea-birds captured and used as bait], but also respect- 

 ing the relative abundance of the sea-birds met with on the fishing 

 banks, their habits, seasons of occurrence, and migrations. . . . The spe- 

 cies captured in largest numbers is the Greater Shearwater (Pufilnus 

 major).... -J. A. A., The Auk, Vol. I., pp. 380, 381, October, 1884. 



Coues, Elliott. — The Coues Check List of North American Birds, 

 revised to date and entirely rewritten under direction of the 

 author, with a Dictionary of the Etymology, Orthography and 

 Orthoepy of the scientific names, the Concordance of previous 

 lists, and a Catalogue of his Ornithological Publications. Boston : 

 Estes and Lauriat. 1882. 1 vol. Royal 8vo., pp. 165. 



.... it is much more than a catalogue of North American birds 



the erudition and scholarly research involved in this undertaking must 

 be apparent to the most casual reader. The practical value of the work 

 is equally plain The total number of species and varieties enumer- 

 ated is eight hundred and eighty-eight ... . — W. B.. Bull. Nutt. Ornith. 

 Club, Vol. VII., pp. Ill, 112, April, 1882. 



The purpose of the present 'Check List' is, First to present 



a complete list of the birds now known to inhabit North America, north 



of Mexico and including Greenland . . . Secondly to take each word 



explain its derivation, significance, and application, spell it correctly 

 and indicate its pronunciation. . . .Concerning the whole work we can 

 say nothing stronger than that it is in every way worthy of its brilliant 

 and distinguished author, who has evidently made it one of his most 



