132 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



publications which commences this division of the c Zoolo- 

 gical Record ' is 724. Then follows the " Subject Index/' 

 which, although it contains only 36 pages, is, in our opinion, 

 much clearer and more intelligible than the comparatively 

 bulky Index of its rival. 



25. Soemundsson' s Zoological Notes from Iceland. 

 [Zoologiske Meddelelser fra Island. Yid. Meddel. fr. d. naturh. Foren. 



iKbhvn. 1904 



After describing the capture of three fishes new to Iceland 

 the author gives notes on 28 species of birds, of which three 

 are new to that island, viz. Ampelis garrulus, Upupa epops, 

 and Ceryle alcyon. He also remarks that Troglodytes 

 parvulus is not so rare in Iceland as was supposed by the 

 Rev. Mr. Slater, and likewise that Strepsilas interpres 

 certainly winters there. Friagilla cadebs, a fourth species 

 new to Iceland, is included with a query, as the specimen 

 referred to had not come to hand. 



26. Swenander on the Stomachs of African Birds. 



[Untersuchungen iiber dem Vorderdarni einiger Vogel aus dem Sudan. 

 By Gust. Swenander. Results of the Swedish Zoological Expedition to 

 Egypt and tin- White Nile, 1901. Part I.] 



The Naturalists of the Jagerskiold's Expedition of 1900-1 

 (see above, p. 126) made a collection of the stomachs of the 

 birds obtained on the White Nile, upon which Mr. Swenander 

 now reports. They belong to 18 species, concerning each 

 of which notes are given. Two plates illustrate peculiarities 

 in the intestinal organs of Pseudotantalus ibis, Leptopti/us 

 crumenifer, several species of Ibis, and other birds. 



27. Tanner's Observations in Tenerife. 



[Beobachtungen auf Tenerife. Von Budolf von Tanner. Nov. Zool. xi. 

 p. 430 (1904).] 



Herr von Tanner has been resident in the interior of 

 Tenerife for more than two years (cf. ' Ibis/ 1904, p. 670), 

 and has had, therefore, better opportunities of studying the 

 bird-life of that interesting island than previous visitors who 



