Recently published Ornithological Works. 519 



Stresemann on the Birds of Ceram. 



[Die Vogol von Serau (Oeram). Aiis den zoologisclien Ergebuissen 

 der II. Freiburger Mokikken-Expedition. Von Erwin Stresemann. 

 Nov. ZooL, Tring, xxi. 1914, pp. 25-153, pis. iii.-v.] 



One of the East India Islands at which Mr. Stresemann 

 spent a good deal of time during his recent expedition was 

 Ceram^ or, as he prefers to call it, Seran. He was there 

 from April 29 to December 26, 1911, and obtained a fine 

 collection of 539 examples of 118 species. 



Though the coastal region of Ceram is well-known and 

 has been often visited by naturalists, few seem to iiave 

 penetrated into the interior of the island, and it was 

 here that Mr. Stresemann's efforts were chiefly directed. 

 The highest peak, Gunung Pinaia, reaches an altitude of 

 2760 m. (circa 8000 ft.), and collections were made here 

 and on other high raountaitis. 



In this paper is also included an account of the birds 

 collected in the same island by the late Mr. W. Stalker, 

 in 1909, for the Natural History Museum, before he went 

 to Dutch New Guinea with the B. O. U. Expedition, and 

 where he unfortunately lost his life. 



The list of species defilt with numbers 153, and includes 

 new subspecific forms of Hemiprocne, Dendrobiastes, Myiagra, 

 Pachycephala, Androphilus, Zoster ops, ErythruranuA. Dicrurus , 

 all described from Ceram. In addition a new Meyapodius 

 is described from Burn, and a new Zosterops from Tern ate, 

 while two new Terns, Sterna bergii thalassina and Sterna 

 sumatrana mathewsi, are distinguished fiom the southern 

 Indian Ocean, a proceeding which seems hardly consonant 

 with the title ot' the paper. 



In addition to excellent field notes in the case of all the 

 birds collected by himself, Mr. Stresemann adds some 

 interesting historical notices of many of the larger birds, 

 chiefly from the work of Francois Valentyn, published 

 in 1726. 



The moult of Eos bornea, Merops ornatus, Ajjlornis 

 metallicus, and of Graucalus n. melanops is described in 

 detail, and an accouut is given of the growth of the curious 



