A COMPLETE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WORKS OF ERNEST THOMPSON SETON
1880
The Kingbird, a Barnyard Legend. A metrical nature story of a kingbird that defended the poultry from a hawk. Ms. in the author’s possession. Unpublished.
1881
A Key to the Birds of Canada, with 181 illus. of beaks, claws, details, etc., used as the chief means of identification. In Ms. unpublished. The subject matter was partly printed in 1884 and 1885 as “Our Canadian Birds”. (See later.) This was used with due credit in Frank M. Chapman’s “Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America,” 1895, New York, D. Appleton & Co.
1882
Bill Bluejay. A poem of 48 lines, bringing in and interpreting the calls of the common birds. Oct. Unpublished Ms. in the author’s possession.
1883
The Striped Gopher. (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus Mitchell), Rep. Dep. Agri. Prov. Manitoba for 1882, pp. 169–172, 4 illus. by the author, a life-history of this species in Manitoba. Winnipeg. About 1200 words.
Pedicecetes phasianellus, or Prairie Chicken. Can. Journal, Vol. I, pp. 405–412, Feb., 1883, Toronto, Ont. An original biography of the sharp-tailed grouse reproduced in Rep. Dep. Agri. Prov. Man., 1883, pp. 483–486. Winnipeg, 1884. (See below.)
