Recently published Ornithological Works. 375 



of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition of 1901-3 will be read 

 with pleasure by all our friends who are interested in Polar 

 exploration. After the loss of the ' Antarctic ' and the 

 dispersal of its crew into three separate winter-quarters, in 

 which the greatest hardships were encountered, the whole 

 party was almost miraculously re-united and brought back 

 safely by the exertions of the Argentine Government. But 

 what induces us to bring the work to the notice of the 

 readers of ' The Ibis ' is the occurrence of numerous notices 

 and illustrations of Penguins and other Antarctic birds 

 throughout the narrative. Those relating to the Penguins 

 and their strange ways (see pp. 48, 51, 52, 57, 266, 

 312, 418, 498, 561) are many and of special interest, but 

 Skuas and Cormorants also receive due attention. The 

 Penguins now living in the South Shetlands and adjacent 

 lands visited by the Expedition are of four kinds, of which 

 the three species of Pygoscelis — P. adeliae, P. antarctica, 

 and P.papua — appear to exist in almost incredible numbers, 

 while the Emperor {Aptenodytes forsteri) is an occasional 

 straggler. But a remarkable discovery was made in Seymour 

 Island of the fossil remains of an extinct bird of this family 

 "considerably larger than the largest form now living," 

 i.e. the Emperor. There is a capital drawing by Mr. E. 

 Lange (p. 452) of a Giant Petrel killing a young Penguin 

 while the unfortunate parents look on with horror and 

 dismay. Our ornithological friends will be delighted with 

 this volume. 



47. Oberholser on the Names of certain Genera of 

 Birds. 



[Notes on the Nomenclature of certain Genera of Birds. By Harry C. 

 Oberholser. Smiths. Misc. Coll. vol. iii. pp. 59-68 (1905).] 



Mr. Oberholser proposes to change the seventeen generic 

 names of birds given in the first column of the subjoined 

 list, and to employ in their places the names given in the 

 second column : — 



