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sporting adventures and excursions in Uruguay, Argentina, 

 Patagonia, and the Falkland Islands, but extend also to 

 places higher up on the Brazilian coast. Admiral Kennedy^s 

 sketches are manifestly not in the least of a scientific cha- 

 racter, but there are many allusions to birds and bird-life 

 among them, and they will be read with pleasure by orni- 

 thologists who are interested in South America and in its 

 ornis. 



75. Lucas on Explorations in Labrador. 



[Explorations in Newfoundland and Labrador in 1887, made in con- 

 nection with the Cruise of the U.S. Fish - Commission Schooner 

 ' Grampus.' By Frederic A. Lucas. Eep. Nat. Mus. Washington, 

 1888-89, p. 709.] 



This report is a supplement to a previous paper by the 

 same author [cf. Ibis, 1891, p. 281), in whicb tlie successful 

 expedition of the ' Grampus ' to Funk Island in 1877, and 

 the acquisition of large quantities of the bones of the Great 

 Auk were described. Some of the previous statements are 

 repeated, but further details are introduced. As the value of 

 a skeleton of Alca impennis appears to be at least £120, the 

 bones of this extinct bird may be well said to be " worth 

 their weight in gold.*^ Mr. Lucas gives us a very nice 

 narrative of his summer cruise, in the course of which he 

 visited the " Bird Rocks," the " Penguin Islands," and 

 several other places besides Funk Island, which was the main 

 object of the expedition. As regards the results, next in 

 importance to the bones of the Great Auk were a pair of 

 Welch's Ptarmigan [Lagopus ivelchi), shot on the Cloud Hills, 

 on the western side of Canada Bay, " being the second pair 

 ever taken, and the only birds in summer plumage." 



7Q. Millais on the British Tetraonidse. 



[Game-Birds and Shooting Sketches; illustrating the Habits, Mode.s 

 of Capture, Stages of Plumage, and the Hybrids and Varieties which 

 occur amongst them. By John Guille Millais. Folio, London : 

 H. Sotheran and Co., 1892.] 



In this handsome illustrated volume the author gives his 



