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La whence, Geokge N. — Description of a New Species of Bird of the 

 Family Cypseliche. By George N. Lawrence. Ann. New York 

 Acad. Sci., Vol. II. , No. 11, pp. 355, 356. December, 1882. 



Linden, Charles. — On the Domestication of some of our Wild Ducks. 



By Charles Linden. Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sciences, Vol. IV. , 



No. 2, pp. 33-39, 1882. 



After brief reference to the various species of wild Ducks that 

 formerly frequented Lake Chautauqua, Western New York, which have 

 now mostly become rare, Mr. Linden summarizes the results of syste- 

 matic efforts continued for nearly thirty years by Mr. George Irwin at 

 the above-named locality to domesticate several of the species. The.se 

 were the Mallard, Dusky Duck, Wood Duck, Blue-winged Teal, and 

 American Swan. All of these bred freely and reared their young in con- 

 finement. . . .— J. A. A.. Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, Vol. VIII., p. 233, Octo- 

 ber, 1883. 



Merriam, Clinton Hart. — The Vertebrates of the Adirondack Region, 

 Northeastern New York. By Clinton Hart Merriam, M.D. [First 

 Instalment.] Transactions of the Linncean Society of New York. 

 Vol. I. , pp. 5-106, December, 1882. 



The present instalment of Dr. Merriam's paper does not extend 



to birds its introductory portion has a direct bearing on everything 



to follow As a contribution to our knowledge of the habits, food, 



times and manner of breeding, etc., of many of the northern mammals 

 this paper is an important one . . . — W. B., Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, Vol. 

 VIII., pp. 50-53, January, I883 v 



Morden, J. A., and Saunders, W. E. — List of the Birds of Western 

 Ontario. By J. A. Morden and W. E. Saunders. Canadian 

 Sportsman and Naturalist, Vol. II., Nos. 11 and 12, pp. 183-187, 

 192-194. November and December, 1882. 



.... a briefly annotated list . . . numbering 236 species ... a valuable 



addition to our knowledge of the distribution of Canadian birds — 



J. A. A., The Auk, Vol. I., p. 85, January, 1884. 



Reichenow, Anton. — Conspectus Psittacorum. Systematische Ueber- 

 sichte aller bekannten Papageienarten. Von Dr. Ant. Reichenow. 

 8vo., Berlin, 1882, pp. 234. (Sonderabdruck aus Journal fur 

 Ornithologie, XXIX Jahrg., 1881, pp. 1-49, 113-177, 225-289, 

 337-398.) 



The order Psitiaci is divided into 9 families and 45 genera (includ- 

 ing 27 subgenera); 444 species and subspecies are recognized.... 

 English and French, as well as German, vernacular names are given. . . 

 It originally appeared in parts in the "Journal fur Ornithologie " for 

 1881. -J. A. A., Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, Vol. VEIL, p. 169, July, 1883. 



Reichenow, Anton. — Die Vogel der Zoologischen Garten. Leitfaden 

 zum Studium der Ornithologie mit besonderer Beriicksichtigung 

 der in Gefangenschaft gehaltenen Vogel. Ein Handbuch fur 



