Recently published Ornithological Works. 443 



116. Bunge on Birds of the Delta of the Lena. 



[Naturliistorische Beobaclitangen uud Falirten im Leua Delta. Von 

 Dr. Alex. Bunge. Aus Briefen an den Akademiker L. v. Schrenck. 

 Melanges Biol., Bull. Acad. Imp. Sc. St. Petersbourg, xii. i. pp. .31-107.] 



The greater part of this interesting paper is devoted to 

 mammoth-remains found at the mouth of the Lena; but 

 about eighteen pages refer to the birds observed^ in order of 

 date, on an expedition to Sagastyr Island. All three Palse- 

 arctic species of Swan (C. musicus, C. beivicki, and C. olor) 

 were found there in the breeding-season ; and authenticated 

 eggs of the Grey Plover and of the Little Stint were obtained, 

 but not those of the Sanderling and the Curlew- Sandpiper, 

 although these birds were shot. Sabine's Gull was procured, 

 and was probably breeding ; but the greatest prize of all was 

 a pair of Ross's Rosy-breasted Gull {Rhodostethla rosea), 

 shot on the 8th July out of a flock of other Gulls of three 

 or four species. 



117. Cory's 'List of the Birds of the West Indies.^ 



[A List of the Birds of the West Indies, including the Bahama Islands 

 and the Greater and Lesser Antilles, excepting the Islands of Tobago 

 and Trinidad. By Charles B. Cory. 4to. Boston : 1885.] 



IMr. Cory's list contains the names, in systematic order, 

 of the birds that are, up to the present time, known to occur 

 in the West Indies, the islands in which each species occurs 

 being added. Great progress, certainly, has been made of 

 late years in our knowledge of Antillean ornithology, but 

 very much more remains to be done. As shown by the 

 recent discoveries in Cozumel [supra, pp. 185, 321), even 

 the most unlikely islets may be found to possess peculiar 

 species. 



118. Dubois on Belgian Birds. 



[Revue des Oiseaux Observes en Belgique ; par M. Alph. Dubois. Bull. 

 Mus. R. d'Hist. Nat. Belgique, iv. 1885. (Separate copy.)] 



This list is in reply to an invitation from the Belgian dele- 

 gates of the International Ornithological Committee inaugu- 



