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ORNITHOLOGIST 
[Vol. 7-No. 17 
O R N IT IIO L O GI S T 
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OOLOGIST. 
A MONTHLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO 
THE STUDY OP BIRDS, THEIR NESTS AND EGGS. 
,TOS. M. WADE, EDITOR, 
With the co-operation of able Ornithological 
Writers and Collectors. 
Subscription —SI.00per annum. Foreign subucrip- 
tion $\.‘l5—inelvulingpoMage. Specimen 
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EDTTORIA L. 
“ Birds of New Brunswick.” 
Away clown east in the Province of N. B., 
wit’ll its head centre at Saint John, is prob¬ 
ably the liveliest natur.xl history societv on 
this continent at the jiresent time. There 
are earnest workers in every department, 
but ornitholog’v is especially favored by an 
able set of men who seem devoted to the 
science in its familiar form. The leader of 
this band, Montague Chamberlain, seems 
cut out by nature as a teacher. "While realiz¬ 
ing the full value of science, he also knows 
that bird life, pure and simple, as depicted 
by Wilson and Audubon, is what wins over 
to science the young and would be or 
nithologists. Tlie back pages of this mag¬ 
azine bear eaadence of the industry and 
careful observation made by the members 
of this society which has just issued its 
first volume of transaction, entitled Ilulle- 
th) of the Xaturdl History Society of Xetc 
/{notsirick. It is a valuable document of 
72 pages devoted to the doings of tlie so¬ 
ciety and natural history generally, but 
wlnt interests us most is the list of 2(59 
birds (by M. Cliamberlain) found in that 
Province. This is not offered as a perfect 
list, but as an “ installment. ” and bears ev¬ 
idence on its face that the day is not far 
distant when the Birds of New lirunswick 
will be thoroughly catalogued. Whether 
this lhtUvti)i will be offered for sale or not 
we do not know—but it should be in the 
hands of every jirogressive ornithologist. 
Birds of Central New York. 
ADDENDUM TO REVISED LIST. 
“ The Revised List of the Birds of Cen¬ 
tral New York,” as it apjieared from the 
press in Ajuil. 1879, was a work based on 
the field obseiaations of H. G. Fowler, 
Frank S. Wright and Samuel F. Rathbun, 
of Aubuni, N. Y., and collated for the press 
by Frank R. Rathbun. A continuation of 
the work, since the publication of the list, 
has resulted in addmg fourteen species to 
the record from this section, beside many 
notes of interest. This makes the number 
of perfectly authenticated species 250, 
which have come under the actual obser¬ 
vation of i\Iessi-s. Fowler, Wright and S. 
F. Rathbun, three of the authors of the 
“ Revised List.” 
The nomenclature as contained in the 
“Bulletin of the U. S. National IVIuseum,” 
is obseiwed in the addendum; the style 
and numbering as in the Revised List. 
237. ^locKiNG Bird.— {^limxs polyylot- 
tus.) (Linn.) Boie. A specimen of this bird, 
an adult male in full breeding jJumage, 
was taken during the month of ^lay, 1881, 
by John M. IManro at Throopsville. N. Y., 
a few miles from Auburn. This bird, now 
in his cabinet, was undoubtedly in its wild 
state, as it showed no traces of confine¬ 
ment. 
238. Orange-crowned Warbler.—( Ilel - 
minthophoya cehita.) (Say.) Baird. Rare. 
But one individual on record, an adult 
female, taken September 15th, 1880, by F. 
S. Wright from a migratoiy fiock of small 
species, while collecting in a tamarack 
swamp in Wolcott, WaAUie Co.. N. Y. 
239. Northern Waxwing. — (. 1 nipefis 
yttrnifi/s.)(Jjm.) A rare winter visitant. Not 
recorded from this section ])reviouR to the 
winter of 1879 80. In December, ’79. Mr. 
J. Hunter, of this jilace, obsened a Hock 
of sixteen of these iK-autiful birds jn a 
mountain ash tn-e. about a lialf mile from 
Sterling, Cayuga do., N. Y. Of these lie 
shot twelve. Noticing the white marking 
on their wings, and supposing this hi bean 
