320 Recently published OrnitJioloyical Works. 



tember 1883 ; and a collection of birds was made, of which 

 the principal series was assigned by the German Polar Cora- 

 mission to the Natural-History Museum of Handjurg. Dr. 

 Pagenstecher, the director of that institution, now gives us 

 an account of the collection, comparing the avifauna of South 

 Georgia with that of the somewhat similarly placed Island of 

 Kerguelen in the South Indian Ocean, and adding remarks 

 on the habits and breeding of the birds contributed by Dr. 

 H. Will. Altogether 23 species of birds were met with in 

 South Georgia, of which 18 were found to breed there, while 

 the corresponding numbers for Kerguelen are 42 and 37. 

 South Georgia differs from Kerguelen in having a resident 

 Passerine bird — a Pipit, which has lately been described by 

 Dr. Cabanis as Anthus antarcticus. The Sheathbill of South 

 Georgia {C/donis alba) is represented in Kerguelen by a 

 different species {Ch. mitior). Whether the Teal of South 

 Georgia is really the same as that of Kerguelen [Querquedula 

 eatoiii) seems to be rather doubtful. Besides these three 

 species, the avifauna of South Georgia consists entirely of 

 oceanic birds — Penguins, Petrels, Albatrosses, Gulls, Terns, 

 and Cormorants. 



98. Protocol of the Inter iiational Ornithologists' Congress. 



[Sitzungs-Protokolle des ersten inteniationalen Ornitliologen-Con- 

 gresses welcher unter dem Protectorate Sr. kaiserl. und konigl. Ilolieit 

 des durchlaucbtigsten Kronprinzen Erzlierzog Rudolf, vom 7. Lis 11. 

 April, 1884, in W ien abgelialten wurde. 4to. Wien : 1884.] 



This is the official account of the proceedings of the first 

 meeting of the International Ornithologists^ Congress, which 

 was held at Vienna in April 1881, under the presidency of 

 Dr. Gustav Radde. It is noteworthy that no official repre- 

 sentative of Great Britain attended the meeting. There 

 seems to have been some mismanagement here, either on the 

 part of our authorities or of those of Vienna. 



99. Report of the Harvard Museum of Zoology. 



[Annual Report of the Curator of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 

 at Harvard College, to the President and Fellows of Harvard College, 

 for 1883-84. 8vo. Cambridge : 1884.] 



