101 Recent Ornithological Publications. 



The specimen was shot in Suderoe, 1st February 1863, was 

 brought to Copenhagen by Sysselmand Miiller, and now be- 

 longs to Herr Benzon, of that city. We take the present oppor- 

 tunity of observing that we are not assured of the existence of 

 more than five examples of this species — the one just noticed : 

 one (obtained, June 1823, at Alagnak, Melville Peninsula) in 

 tbe University Museum, Edinburgh; one in the Derby Museum, 

 Liverpool (possibly from Mr. Joseph Sabine's collection, and 

 obtained at the same time and place as the preceding) ; one in 

 the Museum at Mayence (brought, according to Dr. Bruch 

 (Journ. f. Orn. 1855, p. 278), from Kamtschatka) ; one in Sir 

 William Milner's collection at Nunappleton (said to have been 

 killed in Yorkshire, according to one account, 22nd December, 

 1846 (Zool. p. 1694), but according to another (Zool. p. 1785, 

 7iote) in February 1847) ; and one in Herr Gatke's collection, 

 killed on Heligoland by his brother (Naumannia, 1858, p. 307 ; 

 Ibis, 1862, p. 62). A sixth was recorded in 1852 by Mr, Ellman 

 (Zool. p. 3388) as having been killed at Pevensey in Sussex, and 

 being in his collection ; but we have been kindly informed by 

 Mr. Borrer, who saw and examined the specimen, that it was only 

 an example of Chrcecocephalus ridihundus having "the breast 

 very strongly tinged with pink." 



5. Swedish and Norwegian. 

 The Fourteenth and Fifteenth parts of Professor SundevalPs 

 ' Swedish Birds'* have made their appearance during the past 

 year. The illustrator has fairly run away from the author, who 

 is left high and dry among the land-birds, while the former is 

 well at sea with the water-birds. But the Professor's work, if 

 slow, is certainly sure, and there is no doubt he will in time 

 make up his lee-way. We only hope we may live to see the 

 book completed. 



It is only lately we have been able to see Pastor Sommerfelt's 

 list of the birds of East Finmark f, a communication which we are 



* Svenska Foglarna, med text af Professor Carl J. Sundevall, tecknade 

 och lithographierade af Peter Akerlund. Stockhohn. (London : Triibner 

 and Co.) 



t Fortegnelse over de i Ostfinnmarkeu iagttagne Fugle tilligemed en- 



