308 Recently published Ornithological JVo)-ks. 



This is an interesting disquisition on the birds of the 

 South Polar Continent (so far as they are yet known to us), 

 and contains many useful pieces of collateral information 

 gathered from all sides. Herr Schalow counts 20 species 

 of birds hitherto recognized as belonging to the avifauna of 

 Antarctis — a result which does not differ materially from 

 that lately arrived at by Sclater (Ibis, 1894, p. 494). Of 

 these only three seem, so far as we know, to be absolutely 

 restricted to Antarctis, namely, Sterco'arius maccormicki, 

 Aptenodytes forsteri, and Pygoscelis adeliee. 



47. Schaloiv on the Avifauna of Juan Fernandez. 



[Ueber die Vogelfeuna vou Juan Feruandez. Von Ilerniau Schalow. 

 Sitzungsb. Gesell. natnrf. Freunde Berlin, ]897, no. 5.] 



Herr Schalow takes the occasion of receiving some speci- 

 mens obtained by Prof, Plate on Juan Fernandez to review 

 what is known of the ornis of that island (Mas-a-tierra) and 

 its adjacent satellite, Mas-a-fuera [cf. Sclater, Ibis, 1871, 

 p. 178, and Salvin, Ibis, 1875, p. 370). Twenty species of 

 birds are now known from these two islands. Two of these 

 are found only on Mas-a-tierra, and three are restricted to 

 Mas-a-fuera. The remainder are species of the Patagonian 

 subregion. 



48. Schonland on the Nesting of a South-African Hornbill. 



[Nesting-habits of Tockus melanoleucus laclit. By Dr. S. Schonland. 

 Trans. S. African Phil. Soc. ix. p. 1.] 



Dr. Schonland gives many further and more exact details 

 than have been previously published upon the singular 

 nesting-habits of the Pied Hornbill of South Africa {Toccus 

 melanoleucus). This bird is common in the gardens of 

 Grahamstown during the winter, and in summer resorts to 

 the '' wooded kloofs " in the neighbouring country to breed. 

 Dr. Schonland has been able to examine seven nests during 

 the past few years, and gives diagrams of two varieties of 

 nests observed. His opinion is that the female has more to 

 do than the male with plastering up the entrance, which is 

 always reduced to a small cliink. 



