Bibliography of the Cincinnati Fauna. alt 
species and higher groups; (3), a useful synonymy of each species; (4), an 
account of the distribution, habits and general life history of each species, 
especially as regards the State of Ohio. 298 species are treated of in all, 
and in an exceedingly thorough and comprehensive manner. 
In the “ Appendix” are given [A] Check List of Ohio Birds, with dates 
of their occurrence; [B] List of Birds observed in my (Dr. Wheaton’s) 
garden; [C] Additions, additional references and corrections; [D] Bibli- 
ography of Ohio Ornithology; [E] On the Relation between Latitude and 
the Pattern of Coloration in Ohio Birds; [F] Glossary of Technical Terms 
used in the preceding descriptions. 
Altogether, this is by far the most admirable work on the birds of any 
one State with which we are acquainted, and is all the more creditable 
to its author for being the result of ‘‘a labor of love” performed amid the 
cares and exacting demands of a busy professional life. 
CLASS REPTILIA. 
1838. KirtLanp, J. P. Report on the Zoology of Ohio, by Prof. J. P. 
Kirtland, M.D. < Second Annual Report on the Geological 
Survey of the State of Ohio, by W. W. Mather, etc. (see 
Mammalia, p. 7, for title in full.) 
The list of reptiles comprises 27 species, 25 of which are annotated. 
1876. Jorpan, D. 8. Manual of the Vertebrates of the Northern 
United States (vide Mammalia, p. 9, for title in full). 
1881. Epiror [F. W. Lanepon]. (Cistudo clausa and Aspidonectes 
spinifer.) < Jour. Cin. Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. iv., p. 343. 
Note on occurrence of remains of these species in a prehistoric ceme- 
tery. 
1882. Smita, W. H. Report on the Reptiles and Amphibians of Ohio, 
by W.H. Smith, M.D., Ph. D. <cReport of the Geological 
Survey of Ohio. Vol. [V., Zoology and Botany. Part 1, Zo- 
ology (vide p. 30, for title in full). Section iii., pp. 629-734. 
The report contains: (1), Letter of transmittal; (2), Introduction, con- 
taining a good general account of reptiles and amphibians, their use and 
abuse, etc. ; (3), A synopsis of the higher groups; (4), Synonymy, descrip- 
tions and life histories of the various species; (5), A tabular list, embrac- 
ing 42 species and varieties of reptilia, of which six are considered 
doubtfully Ohioian; and 25 species and varieties of amphibia, three of 
which are said to be of doubtful occurrence in the State. 
1882. Smira, W. H. Vide Reprivia supra. 
The most complete work on Ohio reptilia extant, and our herpetologists 
may well congratulate themselves and the author on the appearance 
of so important a contribution to the history of this much neglected 
class of animals. 
