Vol. X. 

 1910 



] Reviews. 5q 



Scottish expedition discovered the eggs of the Cape Petrel on 

 the South Orkneys. 



Prion Z'^?///' J-// (Banks Dove-Petrel). — Mr. Waite writes : — " On 

 the evening of the day on which we pitched our camp on the 

 Auckland Islands, we noticed some pale-coloured birds flying 

 close to us in the moonlight, but as silently as Owls. Next 

 morning we discovered that the whole of the peat along the 

 coast-line was riddled with holes, whence proceeded a crooning 

 kind of sound." 



Diomedia exidans (Wandering Albatross). 



D. regia (Royal Albatross). 



D. inelanoplirys (Black-browed Albatross). — Most descriptive 

 accounts are given of these splendid creatures, together with fine 

 plates of brooding birds on their nests. 



PJiccbetria fidiginosa^ (Sooty Albatross). — This fine species 

 was noticed nesting on the ledges of cliffs on the Aucklands. 

 It is also known to breed on the Antipodes and Campbell 

 Islands, where Mr. Waite obtained eggs in February. Macquarie 

 Island should also be added to the breeding localities in sub- 

 antarctic islands, -f 



Aptenodytes patagonica (King Penguin). — This large and 

 handsome Penguin is of peculiar interest to Australians, as a 

 straggler, apparently from Macquarie Island, where immense 

 rookeries exist, has been found off the Tasmanian Coast. :|: A 

 splendid photo, half-tone illustration is given of a remarkable 

 Penguin rookery {Catarr/iactcs pacJiyrhyncJms) — a New Zealand 

 species — on the Snares. 



It is astonishing how far south some of the introduced 

 European birds were found — Thrushes and Blackbirds on the 

 Snares ; nests and eggs of the latter observed on the Aucklands ; 

 while House-Sparrows and Starlings are reported as having 

 been seen on Campbell Island. 



A useful coloured map of the Antarctic and Subantarctic 

 Regions, cleverly drawn by Mr. E. N. D'Oyly, accompanies the 

 work. But why did that cartographer insert " Royal Company's 

 Islands," seeing they have been officially expunged from the 

 charts by the authorities of the Navy,§ an action confirmed by 

 Sir E. Shackleton, when he caused the Discovery to explore 

 the locality on her last homeward voyage 'i 



The whole work — much of it extremely laborious — reflects 

 the greatest credit on ail concerned, from an enlightened 

 Government, which authorized the expenditure, to the Govern- 

 ment Printer who published it. Thus a scientific national 



* Should this species not be P. coniicoities, Hutton ? — Ens. 

 t Vide " Nests and Kggs " (Campbell), p. 938. — Ens. 

 t Robert Hall, Ew//, vol. ix., p. 250. 



S This was done at tiie instance of tlie Council of the A.O.U. — vide Emu, iv., 

 p. 32 (1904) —Eds. 



