570 Recently published Ornithological M'orks. 



97. Buttikofer on his Expedition to Central Borneo. 



[Zoologische Sliizzen aus der niederlandischen Expedition nach Central 

 Borneo. Von J. Biittikofer. C. R. du Troisieme Congres Intern, de 

 Zool., Leyde, 1895, pp. 211-227. 1896.] 



Mr. Biittikofer has now issued in print the very interesting 

 account of his Boruean Expedition of 1893-4 which he gave 

 to the International Zoological Congress at Leyden last year. 

 On the 17th November, 1893, he left Batavia for Pontianak 

 on the west coast of Borneo, and proceeded up the river 

 Kapuas along with Dr. Hallier, the botanist of the expedi- 

 tion, also accompanied by Prof. Molengraafi: as geologist, 

 and Dr. Nieuwenhuis as anthropologist. After five days' 

 steaming, the head of the navigation of the Kapuas was 

 attained at Poeloe Sibau, 896 kilometres from its mouth. 

 Here, nearly in the centre of Borneo, two stations were 

 selected for collecting purposes : first, on Mount Kenepai, 

 which rises not far from the Sarawak boundary to an eleva- 

 tion of some 3600 feet, and, secondly, on the western slope of 

 the Liang Kubung range, where a convenient resting-place 

 was discovered in a cavern at a height of about 2400 feet. 

 A lively description is given of both these stations and their 

 surrounding attractions — Gibbons, Hornbills, and other 

 rarities, and in the latter locality examples of Calyptomena 

 hosei were obtained. At the end of July 1894 Mr. Biittikofer 

 left Borneo and returned to Europe. Although the collec- 

 tion of birds thus made is not yet completely worked out, it 

 is understood that no examples of new species were obtained : 

 the avifauna of this part of Borneo being nearly identical 

 with that of the interior of Sarawak, where Mr, Hose has 

 worked so long and so successfully. We shall all look for- 

 ward to Mr. Biittikofer's narrative of his expedition, which 

 will be published as soon as the whole of the various collec- 

 tions have been thoroughly examined. 



98. Cory on the Natural History of Florida. 



[Hunting and Fishing in Florida, including a Key to the Water-birds 

 known to occur in the State. By Charles B. Cory. Boston, Mass., 

 1896.] 



Mr. Cory has passed ten winters in Florida, engaged iu 



