186 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



most frequent occurrence were Alauda arvensis, Stumus 

 vulgaris, Turdus iliacus, T. musicus, Erithacus rubecula, and 

 Fringilla monfif ring ilia. The commonest migrant of all 

 appears to be the Song-Thrush, of which it is calculated 

 that at least 4492 specimens were noticed. Yet this bird 

 (in spite of what Newton told us long ago, see ' The Ibis/ 

 1860, p. 83) is not usually considered to be a migratory- 

 species ! 



An excellent map, as usual, accompanies Herr Winge's 

 report and shews the position of all the Danish lighthouses. 



24, Wollasion's ' Ruwenzori.' 



[From lluweiizori to the Congo. A Naturalist's Journey across Africa, 

 By A. F. 11. Wollaston. London : John Murray, 1908. 1 vol., 8vo. 

 315 pp.] 



Dr. A. F. R. Wollaston was one of the expedition planned 

 and financed by Mr. Ogilvie-Grant to explore the mountain- 

 chain of Ruwenzori, and, as Medical Officer, to look after the 

 health of his companions (Messrs. Woosnam, Dent, Legge, 

 and Carruthers) and their followers, as well as to assist the 

 good cause by helping to form botanical and zoological 

 collections. We have given frequent notices of the progress 

 of the Huwenzori Expedition in this Journal and an account 

 of its return, also of the mode in which it is proposed to 

 publish the results'^, but this volume is the first regular 

 narrative of the Expedition that has been made public. 



Dr. Wollaston was not able to start along with the other 

 members of the Expedition, and when he caught them up 

 found them already well established in camp at Bihunga, on 

 the eastern slope of Ruwenzori, in the Upper Mubuku 

 Valley. Here the party remained for very nearly four 

 months, and found no lack of occupation in any branch 

 of natural history. For the first month the weather was 

 uniformly fine. " Day succeeded day of bright sunshine 

 and cloudless skies : it was neither too hot by day, nor too 

 cold by night. Birds nested, butterflies were on the wing, 

 and the hill-sides were ablaze with flowers.^' But suddenly 

 * ' Ibis,' 1908 p. 548. 



