Recently published Ornithological Works. 205 



Judging by the birds, the authors are disposed to distin- 

 guish four groups of islands in the Solomon Archipelago, 

 which they denominate (a) the northern chain, (b) the 

 central group, (c) the Guadalcanal" group, and (d) the 

 southern group. The lar»e islands Malaita and Rennel 

 and many of the smaller are as yet unvisited, so Mr. Meek 

 has much work still before him. 



23. Schillings' s Travels in German East Africa *. 



[Mit Blitzlickt unci Biichse: Neue Beobachtungen und Erlebnisse in 

 der Wildnis inmitten der Tierwelt von Aequatorial-Ostafrika. Von 

 C. B. Schillings. Zweiter Abdruck. R. Voigtlanders Verlag in Leipzig, 

 1905.] 



In the Library of the Zoological Society may be seen a 

 copy of this work, with its curious title. It is crammed 

 with text-figures taken from the author's photographs, and 

 is well worthy of attention by the student of tropical Nature. 

 Many of the figures represent birds — Vultures, Marabous, 

 Storks, Cormorants, Flamingos, Ibises, and the remarkable 

 nests of Textor albirostris. 



An Appendix contains a systematic list of the 355 species 

 of birds obtained by Herr Schillings, drawn up by Dr. 

 Reichenow, with short field-notes by the collector. An 

 uncoloured plate represents three novelties discovered by this 

 energetic explorer — Calamocichla schillingsi, Erythropygia 

 plebeia, and Ploceus schillingsi. 



24. Schieler on the Wild Duck of Greenland. 



[Om den gronlandske Stokand. Af E. Lehn Schieler. Vid. Meddel. 

 Khbvn. 1905, p. 239.] 



Dr. Lonnberg has pointed out to Mr. Schieler that the 

 Wild Duck of Greenland, which he has lately separated as 

 A. boschas spilogaster (cf. 'Ibis/ 1905, p. 610), had been 

 previously named Anas conboschas by C. L. Brehm in his 

 ' Handbuch d. Naturgeschichte aller Vogel Deutschlands/ as 

 long ago as 1831. Further remarks are added. 



Since this notice was written ;i translation of this remarkable work 

 into English has been published by Messrs. Hutchinson & Co. under the 

 title ■• With Flashlight and Rifle in Equatorial Easl Alii a.'' 



