148 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



4. Buller on Birds observed on voyages to and from New 

 Zealand. 



[On the Birds observed during a Voyage from New Zealand to Eng- 

 land. By Sir W. L. Buller, K.C.M.G., F.R.S., &c. Trans. N. Z. Inst. 

 1893, p. 182. — Notes made on the Return Voyage from Plymouth to 

 New Zealand. Op. cit. p. 189.] 



These articles contain a series of chatty notes relating 

 principally to the oceanic birds observed during a voyage 

 home from New Zealand round Cape Horn^ and on the 

 return voyage by the Cape of Good Hope. An individual of 

 the Great White Albatross {Diomedea regia) is stated to have 

 accompanied the vessel, at intervals, for 970 miles (in a 

 straight line) during the first voyage. The Grey Petrel 

 [Adamastor cinereus^ was numerous in the extreme southern 

 portion of the track, and the Giant Petrel [Ossifraga gigantea) 

 appeared near the island of Diego Ramirez. The general 

 poverty of bird-life in the South Atlantic was very observ- 

 able. 



On the return voyage birds became very numerous on 

 approaching the Cape. A species of small Albatross, Pen- 

 guins {Spheniscus demersus), Shags, Petrels, and Boobies were 

 plentiful, and there was an astonishing number of Gannets. 

 After passing the Cape the Sooty Albatross was constantly 

 seen. The Giant Petrel appeared near Kerguelen^s Land. 

 A few days before reaching Hobart the rare (Estrelata a?it- 

 arctica was met with. 



5. Chapman (F. M.) on Bird Migration. 



[Remarks on the Origin of Bird Migration. By Frank M. Chapman. 

 Auk,xi. p. 12. 



The Nocturnal Migration of Birds. By Frank M. Chapman. Popular 

 Science Monthly, 1894, p. 506.] 



As regards the origin of the migratory instinct in North- 

 American birds, Mr. Chapman considers that Dr. Allen * 

 has given us " as satisfactory a working hypothesis as we can 

 hope to have.^^ When the refrigeration of the earth at the 



* " On the Origin of the Instinct of Migration in Birds," Bull. N. 0. C. 

 1880, p. 151. 



