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37 . Vireo olivacens (Linni) Vieill. Red-eyed Vireo. — Common. 
38. Vireo philadelphicus Cass. Philadelphia Vireo. — Taken only 
at Grand Falls in May, singing in the hard woods. 
39. Vireo solitarius Vieill. Solitary Vireo. — This species was 
apparently not very common at Fort Fairfield. It was not seen at Grand 
Falls. Mr. McLeod gives it in his notes as “quite common” at Houlton. 
40. Pyrangra rubra ( Linn . ) Vieill. Scarlet Tanager. — Not rare in 
the hard woods at Grand Falls. The people there call them “war-birds.” 
We did not see them at Fort Fairfield, though we have reason to think 
that they occur. At Houlton Mi*. McLeod says they are “rare. They 
arrive May 29. I have not found the nest, but have a young one taken 
here. They remain all summer.” 
Jkttnt Ititeature. 
Dr. Coues’ New Check List and Dictionary.* — Judging from ad- 
vance sheets lately received, this new treatise by Dr. Coues will occupy a 
previously unclaimed place among ornithological works ; for, as its title 
indicates, it is much more than a catalogue of North American birds. Its 
novel feature is a dictionary of etymology, orthography and orthoepy of 
scientific names, to which is devoted the lower portion of each page of 
the running list. In this department the generic, specific and varietal 
names — duplicated from the text above with the addition of the diacritic- 
al m t arks for quantities, accents and division of syllables — are exhaust- 
ively treated; their derivation and meaning being explained, their 
construction scrutinized, their spelling revised, and their applicability in 
each particular case carefully considered. The erudition and scholarly 
research involved in this undertaking must be apparent to the most casual 
reader. The practical value of the work is equally plain, and perhaps it is 
not too much to say that it calls for a fuller measure of gratitude on the 
part of ornithologists than anything which its versatile author has 
hitherto produced. 
A detailed consideration of the Check List proper must necessarily be 
deferred until the appearance of the complete work; pending this, we may 
simply say that the plan followed by Dr. Coues is essentially to make' a 
second edition of his original list, with all the required additions and 
corrections to date, and such revision of nomenclature as seemed desirable 
*The Coues Check List of North American Birds, revised to date and entirely 
rewritten under direction of the author, with a Dictionary of the Etymology, 
Orthography and Orthoepy of the scientific names, the Concordance of previous lists, 
and a Catalogue of his Ornithological Publications. Boston : Estes and Lauriat. 1882. 
1 vol. roy. 8vo. pp. 165. 
