Recently published Ornithological Works. 791 



310, and among the latter three are new, namely S. rubri- 

 cauda rothschildi from the Sandwich Islands area, S. r. 

 brevirostris from the Bonin Islands, and Leptopha'ethon 

 lepturus ascensionis from Ascension and Fernando Noronha 

 Islands. 



The generic term Catoptropelican7is (sic !) Rchb. is used 

 for the Australian Pelican, on account of its feathered lores. 



Murphy on the Penguins of South Georgia. 



[The Penguins of South Georgia. By Robert Cushman Murphy. 

 Science Bull. Mus. Brooklyn Inst. Arts and Sci. vol. 2, 1915, pp. 103-133, 

 25 plates.] 



Mr. R. C. Murphy, of the Brooklyn Museum, recently made 

 an expedition to the Antarctic in the sailing brig, 'Daisy,' and 

 spent five months, November 1911 to March 1912, at South 

 Georgia, where he had plenty of opportunities of watching 

 and studying the Penguins and other birds and animals of 

 that unhappy island, Avhere of late years so much of the 

 animal life has been ruthlessly destroyed. It is to be hoped 

 that now that the island has been made a dependency of the 

 Falkland Islands, and some sort of rule and order introduced, 

 the animals and birds will be able to recover themselves, 

 and to restock the island and adjacent seas. 



There are only two species of Penguins at all common 

 at South Georgia — The King [Aptenodytes patachunica), and 

 the Johnny or Gentoo {Pygoscelis papud). Of these two 

 Mr. Murphy gives a most fascinating account, illustrated by 

 a very large number of photographs taken by himself. 



As is well known, the King Penguin incubates its single 

 egg between its thighs and insteps, so to speak, and is able 

 to shift about slowly in spite of the egg in this jjosition. 

 Many of Mr. Murphy's photographs show the birds when 

 thus holding their eggs. 



The King Penguin has suffered very severely from sealers, 

 and is now much less common than the Gentoo Penguin, 

 which, however, does not seem to have the fearless and 

 courageous disposition of its Antarctic congener the Adelie, 

 nor is it able to jump and dive so freely. 



