r The Coues' Check List. 
One of the most important contribu- 
tions to omitholog-ical literature recently 
made is the " Ke vised Check List of 
North American Birds" by Dr. Coues. 
Although called a second edition of the 
list of 1873, it is practically a new work. 
The old list contained only seven hun- 
dred and fifty species and sub species, and 
twenty-eight in the appendix, while the 
present list, which includes Greenland 
birds, enumerates eight hundred and 
eighty-eight species, each variety having 
its own number. This is a different plan 
from that adopted in the 1873 list, as 
only full species are there numbered, the 
sub-species being given as a, b, and c. 
As showing the accuracy of the author's 
original list, it may be stated that only 
ten names have had to be removed, while 
one hundred and twenty have been added, 
thus showing the great progress made in 
North American Ornithology during the 
past nine years. 
The Ornithological Dictionary in con- 
nection with the list consists of a treatise 
on the etymology, orthography, and or- 
thoepy of all the scientific and many of 
vernacular words employed in the nomen- • 
clature of North American birds. This 
will be invaluable to students, as many, 
however familiar they may be with the 
names of their feathered friends on paper, 
have little idea of the derivation, signifi- 
cation and application of the words. 
The book is neatly printed, nicely in- 
dexed (as are all of the Dr.'s works), and 
astefuUy bound, and will add another 
^1 to the gifted author who has done 
h for American ornithology during 
'venty years. 0.«&0. VII. Sept. 1882. p, 
