Recently published Ornithological Works. 371 



in order to come to terms witli the native Indians as to the 

 surrender of their land-rights to the Canadian Government. 

 In the second half the valuable field-notes made by the author's 

 friend, Roderick MacFarlane, for many years a Chief Factor 

 of the Hudson Bay Company, are reprinted. They have 

 already appeared in the ' Proceedings of the U.S. National 

 Museum' (see 'Ibis/ 189.2, p. 335), but are well worthy 

 of repetition. The specimens collected appear to have gone 

 to Washington, not to Ottawa, which would have been a 

 more appropriate destination for them. 



39. Martens on Magellanic Birds. 



[Ergebnisse der Hamburger Magalhaeniscben Sammelreise, 1892-3. 

 Herausgegeben vom natiirhistoriscben Museum zu Hamburg. Vol. I. 

 Hamburg, 1896-1907. Vcigel bearbeilet von G. H. Martens (Ham- 

 burg).] 



Among the articles on the results of the Magellanic 

 Collecting-Expedition sent out by the City of Hamburg in 

 1902-3, under the leadership of Dr. Michaelsen, is a chapter 

 on Birds, prepared by Herr G. H. Martens, of Hamburg. 

 The collection made on this occasion is stated to have 

 consisted of 60 specimens, referable to 42 species. The 

 examination of these specimens, which were placed in the 

 Natural History Museum of Hamburg, did not result in 

 any new discoveries, but this, considering the small size 

 of the collection and the well-known features of the 

 Avifauna of the country visited, does not seem very 

 wonderful. 



Herr Martens has consoled himself for his disappointment 

 at the meagre results (as regards birds) of the Magellanic 

 Collecting-Expedition by compiling a List of the birds of the 

 South Polar area, which, according to his investigations^ 

 embraces about 299 species referable to 176 genera. But 

 we think that he has been unwise to include in his List the 

 land- birds of the islands adjoining New Zealand (Chatham 

 Island, Auckland Islands, &c.). The sea-birds, it is true, 

 are nearly the same all round the South Polar seas ; but the 

 land-birds of the New Zealand Islands are quite distinct, 



