190 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



Spotted Flycatcher, all in June, are recorded by Mr. W. 

 Eagle Clarke. Other interesting facts are to be found 

 among the Zoological Notes. — H. S. 



4. ' The Auk: 



[The Auk. A Quarterly Journal of Ornithology. Vol. xxii. Nos. 3 & 4, 

 July and October 1905.] 



The first paper is by the Rev. C. W. G. Eifrig, on the 

 Ornithological results of the Canadian ' Neptune ' Expe- 

 dition to Hudson Bay, and northward as far as lat. 78° 40', 

 on the coast of Greenland. Winter-quarters were in the 

 north-western corner of Hudson Bay, and the expedition 

 was absent a year and fifty-one days. Some of the results 

 were surprising: for instance, the Great Black-backed Gull 

 was found to be common and breeding on North Devon 

 Island, about 75° N., a vast extension of its range as pre- 

 viously known. Sabine's Gull and the Lesser Snow-Goose 

 were rather common and nested on Southampton Land and 

 other islands ; while interesting details are given respecting 

 many other Arctic species. Mr. Ruthven Deane sends 

 another instalment of letters written to Audubon by William 

 Swainson, between 1828-30, a period when the latter " was 

 deeply engaged in his literary pursuits, yet in a discontented 

 and nervous frame of mind, mortified at the slow sale of 

 his e Zoological Illustrations/ his temporary embarrassment 

 for funds, and his evident growing dislike for American 

 naturalists." Mr. Austin W. Clark has a contribution on 

 Extirpated West -Indian Birds, followed by two papers 

 on the Macaws of the Lesser and the Greater Antilles, and 

 one on the West-Indian Parrots (p. 337). Mr. John E. 

 Thayer gives illustrations of the stuffed Great Auk formerly 

 in the collection of Lord Hill, and of two eggs out of three, 

 recently purchased from Mr. Rowland Ward. Mr. B. S. 

 Bowdish's Ornithology of a Churchyard (St. Paul's, New 

 York City) shews a surprising list of species afforded by 

 the close investigation of a restricted and unpromising area. 

 Mr. J. H. Riley gives a list of 71 species of birds obtained 

 or observed in the Bahamas during June and July 1903. 



