1 92 1.] Recently published Ornithological Works. IGl 



to tliese Dr. Laubmaiin has added four more, two of which 

 {A. a. corsicana and A. a. formosana from Corsica and 

 Formosa respectively) are new. In addition, some five 

 intermediate races are separately listed which have to be 

 designated l)y no fewer than five names, i. e. Alcedo atthis 

 atthis at this ispida, an intermediate race between that of 

 northern Euroj)e and Corsica which occurs in northern 

 Italy. 



We fear Dr. Laubmann's quadrinomial system is too 

 heavy a burden for the already harassed ornithologist 

 to carry, and we sliali be interested to see whether it is 

 adopted, even among the more advanced systematists. 



The paper contains a good historical levievv of the King- 

 fisher's systematic liistoiy, and paragraphs on individual and 

 geograpliical variation and on the phylogeny of the group. 



Lonnherg on the Birds of Juan Fernandez and Easter Islands. 



[The Birds of the Juan Fernandez Islands and Notes on Birds from 

 Easter Island. By Prof. Dr. Einar Lomiberg. Extracted from ' The 

 Natural History of .luan Fernandez and Easter Island,' edited by 

 Dr. Carl Skottsberg. Vol. iii. : pp. 1-24 (separately paged).] 



This is an account of the birds collected during the 

 Swedish Pacific Expedition in 191G-17 under the direction 

 of Dr. Carl Skottsberg. Mr. Kare Backstrom was the 

 zoologist of the expedition, and has furnished some interesting 

 notes and observations on the birds obtained. 



The Juan Fernandez Islands are two in number — Masa- 

 tierra and Masafuera, the former being the island always 

 associated with Defoe's ' Robinson Crusoe.' They are 

 over 100 miles apart, and lie in the southern Pacific, some 

 400 miles from the coast of Chile. There are eight species of 

 indigenous land-birds out of a total bird population of about 

 30 species. These are all listed by Dr. Liiuuberg with some 

 interesting comments on their status and habits. Cinclodes 

 oustaleti baeckstroemii and Fterodroma cooki masafuera 

 are described as new, and a photograph of the nest of the 

 indigenous and peculiar Ilumming-bird [Eustephanus fernan- 

 densis) taken by Dr. Skottsberg is reproduced. 



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