314 Recenthj published Ornithological Works. 



Harvic BroAvn and other writers, and there does not appear 

 to be very much first-hand observation either in this or any 

 of tlie other chapters, but they are pleasantly written and 

 may serve their purpose of interesting some whose attention 

 would not be otherwise drawn to such studies. 



Bent on a new Crossbill. 



[A new Subspecies of Crossbill from Newfoundland. By A. C. Bont. 

 Smiths. Misc. Coll. vol. xl. No. lo, 1912, pp. 1-3.] 



Scotland has a Crossbill of its own, and why should not 

 Newfoundland also have a special representative of this 

 ■widely spread form? INIr. Bent says that it has,, and bases 

 his hoxia percnu on eighteen specimens, besides Avhicli there 

 are similar examples in several of the principal American 

 IMuseums. It is a subspecies of L. curvirostra. 



Blacmw's ExcursioJi to South America. 



[.\cross South America to Tierra del Fuego and back through the 

 Smith Channel. By F. E. Blaauw. Notes Leyd. Mus. vol. xxxv. 1912, 

 pp. 1-74, 2 plates.] 



Our friend ]Mr. F. E. Blaauw has made a successful 

 expedition to Argentina, and thence over the Andes by the 

 new Transandean Railway to Chili, Patagonia, and Tierra 

 del Fuego. His experiences, as related in his Journal, will 

 be read with great interest, and no doubt induce others to 

 follow his lead. The route is easy now-a-days, and the 

 attractions of Nature on it are great and varied. But those 

 that expect good hotels and first-rate accommodation will, 

 we fear, be disappointed. 



Mr. Blaauw started from Amsterdam on the 1st of 

 February, 1911, and was back in Holland on IVIay 29th, 

 showing how much an active traveller can do in four months. 

 Landing at Buenos Ayi'es he crossed by the newly completed 

 railway to the Pacific coast, and thence travelled by steamer 

 and railway to Punta Arenas and Tierra del Fuego. On the 

 Pacific side several very interesting excursions were made. 

 Every page of Mr. Blaauw's Journal contains field-notes on 

 animals and plants- — especially such as relate to Birds. It is 



