1918.] Recently published Ornithological Works. 517 



the Plate river. It contains notes on taxonomy and distri- 

 bution, and a carefully worked-out synonymy with full 

 references. 



Prof. M. Doello-Jurado, who is also we believe connected 

 with the Buenos Aires Museum, contributes an interesting 

 account of a journey recently made by him to Puerto 

 Deseado in Patagonia. This spot is perhaps better known 

 to English readers as Port Desire, and was visited by 

 Darwin in 1834 during his voyage in the 'Beagle.' On 

 some of the islets off this coast there breeds the Penguin 

 (Spheniscus magellanicus) in countless numbers, reminding 

 the writer of this notice of similar islands off the coast of 

 South Africa where the allied S. clemersus is to be found. 

 With tliera was noticed Phalacrocorax vigua nesting in the 

 branches of the stunted trees and bushes, while another 

 species of Cormorant (P. gaimardi) builds its nests against 

 the cliffs in an entirely different situation. Photographs of 

 the Penguins and of P. gaimardi and its eggs illustrate this 

 article. 



In a paper entitled " Distraociones ornitologicas,'^ Senor 

 M. Selva proposes a new classification of birds, based, so far 

 as we can make out, on their general habits, and he sets 

 down his results on a rather formidable diagrammatic table, 

 which however we confess, owing probably to our ignorance 

 of the Spanish language, we cannot properly appreciate. 



We hope that ' El Hornero ' will continue and prosper 

 and advance our knowledge of South American birds, and 

 we wish it a long and useful career. 



List of other Ornithological Publications received. 

 Auk. (Vol. XXXV. No. 2, 1918.) 



Avicultural Magazine. (Third Series, Vol. ix. Nos. 6-8, 1918.) 

 Bird-Lore. (Vol. xx. No. 2, 1918.) 

 Condor. (Vol. xx. No. 2, 1918.) 

 Irish Naturalist. (Vol. xxvii. Nos. 4-5, 1918.) 

 Journ. Bombay N. H. Soc. (Vol. xxv. No. 3, 1918.) 

 Journ. Fed. Malay States Mus. (Vol. viii. pt. iv. 1917.) 

 Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam. (Vol. ii. No. 4, 1917.) 

 Scottish Naturalist. (Nos. 76-77, 1918.) 



