38 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
We have not space to criticise the list in detail, but we may 
observe that some ‘of the author’s corrections of former statements 
are not improvements. For example, the Hobby, formerly regarded 
as an occasional visitor, is now marked as “a resident, though a 
scarce one,” whereas it would have been more accurately described 
as a summer migrant. The Merlin has been transferred from the 
occasional visitors to the residents, while there can be no doubt 
that, as regards the South of England, its place is amongst the 
winter visitants. 
Notwithstanding the new paragraph from the ‘ Marlborough 
Times’ anent the Curlew nesting on Aldbourne Downs, we are still 
sceptical on the subject, and cannot doubt that the species referred 
to is the Stone Curlew or Thick-knee. The true Curlew (Numenius 
arquata), in all-probability, only occurs on passage. 
The Official Report of the Recent Arctic Expedition. By Captain 
NareEs, R.N., Commander of the Expedition. With a Map. 
8vo, pp. 96. Murray, London. 1876. 
In an octavo pamphlet of ninety-six pages Captain Nares has 
given a brief but clear account of all that befell the crews of the 
‘ Alert’ and ‘ Discovery’ on their recent Expedition, from the date 
of their leaving Upernavick in July, 1875, until their arrival home 
in October, 1876. 
Notwithstanding the extreme interest which attaches to this 
Report, and which, in its handy and accessible form, should be read 
in extenso by everyone, it would be beyond our province to deal 
with any but the zoological portion of it, and to this therefore we 
confine attention. 
Of course, in a general report such as this is, we do not expect 
to find the details which are most likely to interest readers of ‘The 
Zoologist,’ for these are reserved for publication in the special 
Report of the Naturalists to the Expedition. At page 47, the 
Commander of the Expedition, paying a well-deserved compliment 
to Captain Feilden, says :— 
“T have not hitherto alluded to the services of Capt. Feilden, Paymaster 
R.A., Naturalist to the Expedition, preferring that the Report on the 
numerous scientific subjects to which he has directed his attention should 
