566 Recenthj j^u^lished Ornithological Works. [Il)is, 



Some furtlier field-notes on Verreaux^s Eagle are contri- 

 buted by Mr. R. E. Symons, whose observations were made in 

 the Drakensberg- mountains between Natal and Basutoland. 



Mr, R. Godfrey continues his account of the birds of the 

 pleasant and diversified valley of the Buffalo river in 

 the eastern Cape Province. His first paper deals with the 

 Tits and Sugarbirds^ and his second with the White-eyes, 

 Bulbuls, Larks, and Pipits. 



The little island of St. Croix in Algoa Bay, where 

 Bartholomew Diaz is stated to have erected a cross or 

 " padrao "^ to mark his discovery in 1488, has recently been 

 visited by Mr. J. Hewitt, who found Penguins {Sphetiiscus 

 demersus) and White-breasted Cormorants [Phalacrocorax 

 lucidus) breeding there in large colonies. His article is 

 illustrated with two photographs. 



Yearbook of the Dutch Bird-Club. 



[Club van Nederlandsclie Vogelkundigen : Jaarbericlit no. 10 for 

 1920.] 



Tliis Yearbook for 1920 is issued in four parts instead of 

 one aimual volume, and contains a good deal of interesting 

 matter. The editor, Baron Snouckaert van Schauburg, 

 contributes two accounts of collections recently made in 

 Sumatra by Heer van Heijst, which contain several birds 

 new to this island, viz. : — Falco peregrinus ernesti, Monticola 

 solitarius pandoo, Criniger finschi, 'and Kenopia striata. 

 He also has his annual report on the occurrence of rare 

 birds in Holland from October 1919 to September 1920. 



Heer H. C. Siebers discusses the status and relations of 

 Corvus comix and C. corone, and whether they should be 

 considered as distinct species or only subspecies, and Heer 

 A. Hiverson continues his essay on the birds of the Javanese 

 rice-fields ; Heer C. G. B. ten Kate has a note on an old 

 work on whaling and the natural history of the Arctic 

 regions by C. G. Zorgdragers, ])ublished in 1728, and 

 endeavours to identify the birds mentioned therein. Finally, 

 the third part is occupied by a paper by Dr. E. Streseraann 

 in German on the origin of the fauna of the Alps and other 

 mountain ranges of central Europe. 



