40 The American Naturalist. 



[January, 



on Plathelminthic Entozoa observed by him in various species of North 

 American fishes. Many remarkable forms are described among which 

 are many novelties, not a few of which are referred to new genera. 

 We give some of the illustrations from the Report, through the kind- 

 ness of Col. MacDonald. 



A Catalogue of the Birds of Indiana.— By Amos W. Butler. 

 This excellent catalogue of Indiana birds by this well-known student 

 of the vertebrate fauna of that State is a welcome addition to the 







sented in condensed form the results of the author's observations 

 covering the greater part of fourteen years. For a number of years 

 these observations have been conducted as curator of Ornithology of 

 the Indiana Academy of Science. In addition Mr. Butler has had the 

 earnest co-operation of almost every naturalist in the State or who has 

 studied within the State, prominent among whom may be mentioned 

 Prof. J. A. Allen, Mr. Robert Ridgway, Dr. C. Hart Merriam, Prof. 

 B. W. Evermann, Mr. Ruthven Deane, Mr. W. K. Coale, Dr. F. W. 

 Langdon, Mr. E. R. Quick and a number of others, each of whom is 

 duly credited for his contributions. This catalogue has been published 

 in the Proceedings of the Indiana Horticultural Society for 1890, and 

 the Society is to be congratulated upon its success in presenting so 

 pleasing a publication. The list enumerates 305 species which have 

 actually been found in Indiana, and gives a "Hypothetical list" of 79 

 species "which have been taken in neighboring States or whose known 

 range seems to include Indiana." The care exhibited in the prepara- 

 tion of these lists is notable and considering the condensed form of the 

 publication, the annotations are good and give much new information 

 concerning the birds of the state. Following the introduction (which 

 contains a brief account of the topography of the State, and a copy of 

 the law "for the protection of Birds" passed by the last state legislature) 

 is a "Bibliography of Indiana Ornithology." Next is given the Cata- 

 logue which is illustrated by numerous cuts from Coues's "Key to North 

 American Birds," then the hypothetical list, followed by a list of the 

 persons who have assisted by contributions in the preparation of the 

 Catalogue. In' conclusion is a carefully prepared index to the whole 

 work. One can but wish that all publications of this kind were as 

 convenient as this one, and that all of our States had a catalogue of 

 their birds so well presented 



