Recently published Ornithological Works. 131 



not one of tlie 2(39 species enumerated proved to be wg'v/ , 

 and only two {Harpactes orrhophceus and Cyanoderma 

 poliogaster) are additions to the Boruean Ornis. But a 

 number of useful notes of all kinds will be found to 

 accompany the list, and various species of special interest 

 are emphasized. Glaucidium sylvaticum Bp. is held to be the 

 correct name of G. burneense Sharpe, Bornean specimens being 

 inseparable from those from Sumatra. Numerous specimens 

 of Calyptoniene hosii Sharpe were obtained b}^ this expedition 

 in the dense forests of the Liang Koeboeng range. In Tri- 

 chostoma rostratum the male has the tarsi abnormally short 

 (18 mm. instead of 25)— a very curious phenomenon, already 

 noticed by Dr. Bilttikofer (N. L. M. 1895-96, p. 87), but 

 now clearly proved. A mated pair of the rare Myiophuneus 

 borneensis were obtained during the expedition, and the nest 

 and eggs taken. They are now described. Four pairs of 

 the peculiar Bornean Pheasant, Lobiophasis buhveri, were 

 procured in the dense mountain-forests. 



Appended to this paper are good coloured figures (by 

 Keulemans) of Glavcidium sylvaticum, Siphia everetti, and 

 (S. beccariana. 



7. Cook on the Antarctic Ornis. 



[Through tlie First Antarctic Niglit, 1898-1899. By Frederick 

 A. Cook, J\I.l). London: Heineinann, 1900. 1 vol. 8vo. 478 pp. 

 Price 20s.] 



Dr. F. A.Cook, Surgeon, Anthropologist, and Photographer 

 to the Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1898-99, gives us a 

 vivid account of the incidents of the vovage of the ' Belaica ' 

 and of his yearns detention in the Antarctic ice. We need 

 not here enlarge on the geographical and other general results 

 attained, but may call attention to the frequent references to 

 birds throughout the volume. Penguins are of course one of 

 the leading features of animal life in Antarctica, and appear 

 to be found there in greater or less abundance throughout 

 the year. They supply fresh meat of a very healthful, if not of 

 a very savoury quality. " Several lives," we are told (p. 334), 

 " have certainly been saved by eating Penguins," Moreover, 



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