Recently published OrmtJ.oIoyical IVorks. 679 



liis exliaiistive memoir on the Fulmar in the British Isles. 

 He gives a corrected map, as previously promised, based 

 upon extended information, and traces the bird as it has 

 gradually enlarged its range from the north of the Scottish 

 mainland to Berriedale in Caithness on the east coast and 

 the Hebrides on the west. He has also much to tell us of 

 the Fulmar's increase on St. Kilda since the natives have 

 used it less for food, and finishes by furnishing details of its 

 discovery by Mr. Ussher and others in Ireland during the 

 last few years. 



In the July number we have the first Interim Report 

 of the Aberdeen Bird- Migration Inquiry. JNlr. Thomson 

 gives an outline of the method of " ringing " employed, and a 

 descrij)tion of the schedules sent out. All British birds are 

 at present within the scope of the Inquiry, while it has been 

 very wisely determined to attempt no conclusions at present. 

 A Guillemot and a Herring Gull have been traced from 

 Aberdeen to Sweden and Denmark respectively. 



107. Swarth on the Birds of Alaska. 



rBirds and \raiiuiials of the 1909 Alexander Alaska Expedition. Ey 

 Harry S. Swarth. Univ. of Calif. I'ubl., Zool. vol. vii. No. '2. Berkeley, 

 1911.] 



This is a report on the results of a second zoological ex- 

 pedition to Alaska " organized and financed" by Miss Annie 

 M. Alexander in the spring of 1911, the party consisting of 

 Mr. Allen E. Ilasselborg. who attended to the Mammals, and 

 Mr. Swarth, who devoted himself to the Birds. The Sitkaa 

 district of Alaska, or, at least, the parts of that territory not 

 examined by the first expedition of 1907, were selected as 

 the principal scene of action. An exact list of the localities 

 visited is given, which is further illustrated by a description 

 of each of them and by a map of the country traversed. 



The ornithological material collected during the expedition 

 consisted of GO^t birdskins, which are referred to 137 species 

 (or subspecies) of the American Check-list. These speci- 

 mens, together with the accompanying field-notes, have been 



