Neary every part of the world has been laid under 
contribution for the papers in ‘The Ibis’ of 1907, 
including the partially explored islands of Formosa, 
South Georgia, Margarita, and Tahiti; while the books 
and papers which have been noticed from time to time 
shew how much Ornithology is indebted to the energy 
of travellers, both British and foreign. Once more, 
too, the excellent results of the Scottish National 
Antarctic Expedition are recalled to our minds by 
Mr. Eagle Clarke’s third contribution on the Birds of 
the Weddell Sea; while we are also reminded of our 
own National Antarctic Expedition by the notice of 
Mr. Wilson’s volume on the Birds obtained during 
its progress. 
Mr. Dresser’s descriptions of new or rare Palearctic 
eges—among which we may specially lay stress on 
that of Lbidorhynchus struthersi—naturally lead us 
to consider the great amount of oological work at 
present in progress. The books of that writer, 
Mr. Jourdain, and Dr. Rey on European Birds’ Eggs, 
and that of Mr. North on those of Australia, form a 
remarkable series of publications to be issued in 
the course of a single year. These are accompanied 
by the equally important works of Dr. Hartert and 
Mr. Ridgway on Palearctic and American Birds 
respectively, and of Dr. Sharpe on the History of the 
Natural-History Collections in the British Museum. 
