596 OHIO BIRDS. 
Vol. IV, 1838. Totanus bartramius, Anas obscura, Totanus melanoleucus, 
Sterna hirundo, 8. minuta, Fuliguia ferina, Larus bonapartei, Strix otus, Em- 
beriza americana. 40 species, 35 new, 
1832-34. Nurratt, T. A Manual of the Ornithology of the United 
States and of Canada. By Thomas Nuttall, A. M., F. L. S. 
[Vol. I.] The Land Birds.. Cambridge: Hilliard and Brown, 
booksellers to the University. MDCCCXXXII. [Vol. II.] 
The Water Birds. Boston: Hilliard, Gray, and Company. 
MDCCCX XXIV. 
Records the occurrence in Ohio of [ Vol. I] Strix nyctea, Icterus agripen- 
nis, Musicapa cerulea, Meleagris gallopavo, { Vol, IL] Rallus virginianus, Sterna 
hirundo. New species, 5. 
18388. ArtwatrER, Cates. A History of the State of Ohio, natural and 
civil. By Caleb Atwater, A. M., Member, etc., etc. First 
edition. Cincinnati. pp. 938-96. 
Mentions by common name, and sometimes very indefinitely, about sev- 
enty-five speciesof birds. Notes the Sandhill Crane on the Scioto nearly all 
the year; Paroquette, as quoted on page 404; closes with a highly lauda- 
tory and histrionic description of the Brown Thrush and his vocal powers. 
18388. KirtLANp, JARED P. Report of Dr. Kirtland, Second Assistant 
Geologist.< First Annual Report on the Geological Survey of 
the State of Ohio. By W. W. Mather, Principal Geologist, and 
the several assistants. Columbus: Samuel Medary, Printer 
to the State. 1838, pp. 65-69. 
Presents the plan and economic importance of the Zoological Survey of 
the State. Names Meleagris gallopavo, Anas domestica Anas canadensis, 
Anas bernicla, Anas americana, Anas obscura, Anas sponsa, Anas discors, Anas 
erecea, Fuligula vallisnera, Fuligula ferina, Tetrao cupido, Tetrao umbellus, 
Perdix virginiana. New species, 7. 
1838. Kirtuanp, J. P. Report on the Zoology of Ohio. By Professor 
J. P. Kirtland, M. D.< Second Annual Report on the Geolo- 
gical Survey of the State of Ohio. By W. W. Mather, Princi- 
pal Geologist, and the several assistants. Columbus: Samuel 
Medary, Printer to the State. pp. 160-6 and 177-187. 
As it is expected that this report will be reprinted as au appendix to the 
whole volume no further comments are necessary than to state that this is 
the first systematic attempt to enumerate the birds of Ohio. Two hundred 
and twenty-two (222) (by error in numbering 223) species arenamed. The 
list includes all given as Ohioan by Wilson, Bonaparte, Nuttall, and him- 
self in the preliminary report, and all given by Audubon except Sylvia 
discolor, S. formosa, Cathartes iota, Sterna minuta, and Strix otus. 
The new species are Turdus migratorius, T. mustelinus, T. minor, T. wilsonii, 
T. polyglotius, T. felivox, T. rufus, Saxicola sialis, Regulus calendula, R, cristatus, 
_ (&. tricolor Syn.) Parus bicolor, P. atricapillus, Sitta carolinensis, S. canadensis, S. 
