278 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



of 121 species — shewing a considerable increase on Mr. 

 Godraan's list of 1870, which enumerated only 53 species. 

 It is interspersed with Mr. Grant's field-notes, which are 

 short, but always to the point. The new subspecies described 

 are Culumba palumbus azorica and Tardus merula azorensis, 

 several others having been previously named. But the only 

 absolutely distinct and easily recognised species peculiar 

 to the Azores is the Bullfinch (Pyrrhula murina), to which, 

 however, Mr. Hartert allows only subspecific rank. This 

 fine bird, although plentiful when discovered by Mr. Godman, 

 lias now become very scarce, and its complete extinction, 

 we are told, is probably only a matter of a few years. 

 Mr. Grant had some difficulty in obtaining a single pair. 



46. Hatcher on the Birds of Patagonia. 



[Reports of the Princeton University Expeditions to Patagonia 1890- 

 1899. J. B. Hatcher in Charge. Edited by William D. Scott, Slade Pro- 

 fessor of Geology and Palaeontology, Princeton University. Volume I. 

 Narrative of the Expeditions. By J. ]>. Hatcher. 4to. Princeton & 

 Stuttgart, 1903. 314 pp.] 



In our last number (above, p. 131) we gave a notice of 

 the first part of Mr. W. E. D. Scott's work on the birds of 

 Patagonia, which is based mainly on the collections made by 

 Mr. Hatcher and his active assistants during his three expe- 

 ditions to that country. Mr. Hatcher's principal object was 

 to collect the fossils of Patagonia, concerning which the 

 remarkable discoveries of Dr. Florentino Ameghino and his 

 brother " had so strongly aroused the interest of the scientific 

 world." But while the geological collections were being 

 made the examination of the present fauna and flora of 

 Patagonia was by no means neglected, and large series of 

 specimens in nearly every branch of natural history, especially 

 mammals, birds, and plants, were accumulated. The 

 narrative of the journeys of Mr. Hatcher and his assistants 

 is contained in the volume now before us, and will be found 

 well worthy of perusal. The point of landing and the head- 

 quarters of the three expeditions was Gallegos, near the 

 mouth of the river of the same name, in Southern Patagonia, 

 from which, as a base, a large extent of the Argentine 



