THE IBIS. 



SIXTH SERIES. 



No. XIII. JANUARY 1892. 



I. — List of the Birds of Heligoland as recorded by Herr Gdtke. 

 By Henry Seebohm. 



The appearance of Herr Glitke's volume ' Die Vogelwartc 

 Helgoland'"^, after so many years' delay, at length gives the 

 ornithological world an opportunity of studying the marvellous 

 facts relating to the migration of birds upon this wonderful 

 little island. 



For the first time we are in possession of a complete list of 

 the 396 species which are believed to have occurred on this 

 isolated rock during the last sixty years. The book is 

 written in German and fills more than 600 octavo pages. 

 It is full of interest and will shortly, it is hoped, appear in 

 an English translation ; but in the meantime even an almost 

 bare list of the birds of Heligoland will be of great interest 

 to British ornithologists. 



I have therefore prepared the subjoined summary from 

 Herr Giitke's volume. The numbers prefixed to each species 

 are those used in his book, but in some cases the names iiave 

 been altered so as to accord more nearly with modern usage. 



-/ 1. Falco candicans. 

 One shot October 1813. Two or three seen since. 



* See iidtiee, ' Ibis,' l.sH], p. (il:). 

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