504 Recent Ornithological Publications. 



12. Phalacrocorax carunculatus (Gm.). "St. Magdalena. 

 4 Oct. 1867." 



Eggs (4):— 2-6x1 -54; 2-54xl'58; 2-44xl-63; 2'34x 

 1"49. Of the ordinary character of the genus. 



13. Cygnus nigricollis {Gm.). "Elizabeth Island. Oct. 1867." 

 Eggs (3) :— 406x2-71; 4-13x2 69; 4-31 x2-73. Of a 



dull yellowish-white. The size seems sufficient to justify the 

 ascription of these to the above-mentioned species : the only 

 doubt can lie in the direction of C. coscoroba. 



14. Chloephaga magellanica {Gm.). " Elizabeth Island. Nov. 

 1867." 



Egg : — 3*3 x 2. Dull creamy-white. Named to me as above 

 by Dr. Cunningham. 



15. Microptei-us cinereus (Gm.). "Elizabeth Island. Nov. 

 1867." 



Eggs (2) :— 3-2 X 2-22 ; 3-3 x 2-4. Dull creamy-white. 



XLI. — Notices of Recent Ornithological Publications. 

 1. English. 

 Our friend Mr. Blanford's volume* is one that we can 

 heartily recommend to our readers. Attached officially as 

 geologist to the late Abyssinian expedition, he was equally 

 mindful of recent and of fossil forms, of the distribution of ani- 

 mal life and of the superposition of strata; while, being on the 

 spot when the army started from Annesley Bay, he had the 

 good fortune of being allowed to accompany its march to Mag- 

 dala ; and though, when that town had become the " scorched 

 rock " the telegraph designated it, he was naturally disgusted 

 at being unable to advance further into Abyssinia ; he every- 

 where made good use of his time, and was, on the embarkation 

 of the forces, permitted, in company with Mr. Jesse, the zoolo- 

 gist of the expedition (who had been compelled to remain in 

 the rear), to get up an excursion to the Bogos country, which 



* Observations on the Geology and Zoology of Abyssinia, made during 

 the progress of the British Expedition to that country in 1867-68. By 

 W. T. Blanford, &c. &c., late Geologist to the Abyssinian Expedition. 

 "With illustrations and geological map. London : 1870. 8vo, pp. 487. 



