534 Hecenily iiuhVished Ornithological Works. 



at hy the ' Vallialla/ apart from ornithological considera- 

 tions. It appears that there is one indigenous land- bird 

 found there (see p. 202), " like a Heed-Bunting with a red 

 breast/' of which, however, no specimen was procured. 



The second voyage, for which the start took place in 

 December 1903, was to the West Indies, special attention 

 being paid to Martinique, Grand Cayman, and Little Cay- 

 man. Three new forms were obtained on this occasion — 

 Dendraeca crawfurdi on Little Cayman, Vireo laura on 

 Grenada, and Pitangus cayrnanensis on Grand Cayman. 



The third voyage was round Africa, and it was on this 

 occasion that Messrs. NicoU and Meade-Waldo observed 

 the extraordinary sea-monster with a "long eel-like neck, 

 surmounted by a head shaped somewhat like that of a 

 turtle," which '^ rose out of the water in front of the fin " 

 {cf. P. Z. S. 1906, p. 721). Of this an illustration is given. 

 St. Paul's Rocks and Fernando de Noronha were again 

 visited, and thence the yacht proceeded to Itaparicu I. 

 (Bahia); South Trinidad, Martin Vas, and Tristan da 

 Cunha; Dassen Island; the Comoros; Madagascar; Glorioso, 

 Assumption and Aldabra Islands, and the Seychelles. On 

 this occasion the ornithological results were most gratifying, 

 as new forms of birds were procured on South Trinidad, 

 Tristan da Cunha, Mayotte, Assumption Island, and the 

 Seychelles. Vivid descriptions are given, moreover, of the 

 localities visited, especially in the case of South Trinidad, 

 Dassen Island, and the Foret d'Ambre in Madagascar. 



70. Rcichenow on Oceanic and Antarctic Birds. 



[Deutsche Siidpolar-expedition 1901-1903— im Auftrage des Eeichs- 

 amtes des Imiern herausgegeben von Erich von Drygalski, Leiter der 

 Expedition, Sonderabdruck aus Band ix. Zoologie. (1) Vogel des 

 Weltmeeres. Die Meeresvogel der ostlicheu Erdhiilfte, von Anton 

 Keichenow. (2) Uebersicht der Vogelarten des Siidpolargebiets und 

 deren Verbreitung, von Anton Eeichenow.] 



Dr. Reichenow has made two important contributions 

 to the series of volumes on the results of the German 

 South-polar Expedition of 1901-1903. The first relates 



