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Birds of Ontario. (1) The book was favorably reviewed 

 in the Auk, by the eminent Dr. Elliott Coues, who 

 unhesitatingly placed Mr. Mcllwraith " in the first 

 place in his ownfield. " I have previously dwelt on the 

 invaluable works on the Canadian fauna by Mr. Cham- 

 berlain (2), one of the founders of the American Orni- 

 thological Union Club. I would be guilty of an injustice 

 were I to fail noticing the numerous contributions to 

 the daily press from a keen Quebec field-naturalist. 

 John T. Neilson, who has utilized the rare facilities his 

 outdoor occupations as land surveyor afford him, to 

 study the bird world. 



Canadian ornithology is also indebted to the late Dr. 

 T. D. Cottle, of Woodstock, Ontario, for a " List of 

 Birds found in Upper Canada,' in 1859 ; to H. Had- 

 field, [ Birds of Canada observed near Kingston during 

 the Spring of 1858 ; ' to A. Murray, ' Contributions to 

 the Natural History of the Hudson Bay Company's 

 Territories,' 1858 ; to Professor J. B. Willis, ' List of 

 Birds of Nova Scotia, 1858; 1870, to J. F. Whiteaves, 

 Notes on Canadian Birds ; 1873, to A. L. Adams, 

 " Field and Forest Rambles, with Notes and Observa- 

 tions on the Natural History of Eastern Canada ; ' to 

 Dr. J. H. Gamier, of Lucknow ; to Prof. Macoun, of 

 Ottawa ; to Prof. J. I. Bell, Kingston ; to Ernest E. 

 Thompson, Toronto ; to W. Dunlop and Charles Hughes, 

 of Montreal; to W. A. D. Lees, A. G-., Kingston; to 

 John Fannin, Victoria, B. C. ; to W. L. Scott and 

 George R. White, Ottawa ; to Harold Gilbert and James 

 W. Banks, St. John, N. B. ; to Prof. A. H. Mackay, 

 Pictou ; to Napoleon A. Comeau, of Natasquhan ; to 



(1) Re-edited in 1894, with elaborate notes ; a standard 

 work for the avi-fauna of Ontario, elegantly printed and 

 illustrated by Wm. Briggs, Toronto. 



(2) In 1887, Montague Chamberlain, of St. John, N. B., 

 published his useful Catalogue of Canadian Birds, and in 

 1888, his elaborate work, A Systematic Table of Canadian 

 Birds. 



