﻿Recently 
  published 
  Ornithological 
  Works. 
  583 
  

  

  cation 
  of 
  one 
  universal 
  key 
  to 
  the 
  unlocking 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  secrets 
  

   of 
  animal 
  colorations. 
  Tn 
  the 
  meantime 
  we 
  cordially 
  welcome 
  

   an 
  honest 
  discussion 
  of 
  the 
  subject, 
  accompanied 
  with 
  nume- 
  

   rous 
  valuable 
  facts. 
  

  

  96. 
  Lorenz's 
  Ornithological 
  Excursion 
  to 
  the 
  Lower 
  Danube. 
  

  

  [Bericht 
  iiber 
  eine 
  ornithologische 
  Excursion 
  an 
  die 
  untere 
  Donau. 
  

   Von 
  Dr. 
  Ludwig 
  Lorenz 
  v. 
  Liburnau. 
  Ann. 
  d. 
  k. 
  k. 
  naturh. 
  Hof 
  museums, 
  

   vii. 
  p. 
  1.35.] 
  

  

  Dr. 
  L. 
  Lorenz 
  v. 
  Liburnau 
  gives 
  us 
  an 
  interesting 
  account 
  

   of 
  his 
  ornithological 
  excursion 
  to 
  the 
  Lower 
  Danube 
  in 
  May 
  

   and 
  June 
  last 
  year. 
  He 
  started 
  with 
  his 
  companions 
  from 
  

   Apatin 
  (a 
  day 
  and. 
  a 
  half 
  below 
  Vienna 
  by 
  steamer) 
  in 
  two 
  

   large 
  boats 
  on 
  May 
  10th, 
  passed 
  the 
  " 
  Iron 
  Gates 
  " 
  on 
  

   May 
  21st, 
  and 
  Widdin 
  on 
  the 
  25th. 
  On 
  the 
  27th 
  May 
  the 
  

   great 
  breeding-colony 
  of 
  aquatic 
  birds 
  on 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  

   Bistrizal, 
  in 
  Roumania, 
  was 
  reached. 
  Here 
  Ibises 
  {Plegadis 
  

   falcinellus) 
  , 
  Herons 
  of 
  several 
  species, 
  Spoonbills, 
  Black 
  

   Kites, 
  and 
  various 
  Ducks 
  were 
  found 
  breeding 
  in 
  abundance. 
  

   On 
  the 
  1st 
  of 
  June 
  another 
  breeding-place 
  on 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  

   Katnovoc, 
  in 
  Roumania, 
  was 
  discovered 
  ; 
  here, 
  besides 
  the 
  

   Herons 
  and 
  other 
  usual 
  birds, 
  was 
  found 
  a 
  colony 
  of 
  Phala- 
  

   crocorax 
  pygmaus. 
  On 
  June 
  10th 
  Silistria 
  was 
  reached, 
  and 
  

   Czernavoda, 
  where 
  the 
  voyage 
  ended, 
  on 
  the 
  12th. 
  Besides 
  

   the 
  above-mentioned 
  breeding-places, 
  numerous 
  other 
  smaller 
  

   ones 
  were 
  visited, 
  and 
  ornithological 
  observations 
  are 
  inter- 
  

   spersed 
  throughout 
  the 
  paper. 
  Saxicola 
  pleschanka 
  (=S. 
  leu- 
  

   comela, 
  K. 
  & 
  Bl.) 
  was 
  met 
  with 
  near 
  Rasova, 
  

  

  97. 
  Meyer 
  on 
  a 
  new 
  Subspecies 
  of 
  Goura. 
  

  

  [Gou7-a 
  heccarii 
  huonensis, 
  n. 
  subsp. 
  Von 
  A. 
  B. 
  Meyer. 
  Ornitli. 
  

   Jahresb. 
  1893, 
  p. 
  65.] 
  

  

  Dr. 
  A. 
  B. 
  Meyer 
  distinguishes 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  Crowned 
  

   Pigeon 
  of 
  the 
  Victoria 
  group 
  that 
  occurs 
  in 
  Huon 
  Gulf, 
  

   Eastern 
  New 
  Guinea, 
  as 
  G. 
  beccarii 
  huonensis 
  (cf. 
  Salvad. 
  

   Cat. 
  B. 
  xxi. 
  p. 
  625). 
  

  

  