Short JS^otices of Ornithological PuU'icatioiis. 75 



Auklets ; whilst ou the islands of the Washington reserve 

 the curious Rhinoceros Auklet nests in considerable numbers. 



In the Alaska district, Forrester Island is specially men- 

 tioned, and the Yukon delta reservation includes some o£ 

 the most important nesting-grounds of the Ducks and Geese, 

 amongst which is found the Emperor Goose {Philacta 

 canagica) . 



The foregoing notes may serve in some sort as a com- 

 mentary to Mr. Buckland's interesting paper, quoted in the 

 last number of this Journal, and to show that something, at 

 any rate, is being done to repair the senseless slaughter of 

 the past. 



4. ' Aquila ' : the annual ornithological periodical of the 



Royal Ilangarian Bureau of Ornithologij. 



This number is of course like its predecessors, mostly taken 

 up by the reports on the migrations in Hungary, and that of 

 the preservation of Birds in that State. There are, however, 

 a few smaller pajjers of general interest, including one by 

 the Rev. R. Godfrey on the wintering over of the White 

 "Stork in South Africa. One by Haagner on the same bird 

 has been reproduced herein. 



5. JSovitates Zoological, Vol. xx. No. 1. Edited by W. 



Rothschild, E. Hartert, and Karl Jordan. 



This interesting publication contains a lengthy paper on 

 an Expedition to the Central Western Sahara by Dr. E. 

 Hartert, who details the ornithological collections, while 

 Mr. Oldfield Thomas describes the mammals collected. A 

 considerable number of species of Larks appear to have been 

 met with in the desert, as also 3 species of Pipit and 

 4 Wagtails, ('ommon European migrants to South Africa 

 such as several of the Warblers, the Roller, the European 

 Bee-eater, &c. were met with. The European White Stork 

 was first met with near Biskra on the 9th February. The 

 paper concludes with an interesting series of '' conclusions," 

 and a chapter on Bird migration. In the latter Dr. Hartert 



