670 Recently published Ornithological Works. 
on Parrots in captivity, which will, no doubt, receive great 
support from our friends the aviculturists. It is nicely 
printed and got up, and contains four well-drawn coloured 
plates by Mr. Goodchild, besides some figures in the text. 
Full particulars concerning the habits of the birds in captivity 
are supplied. 
128. Sharpe on the Birds of the ' Southern Cross ' Expe- 
dition. 
[Report on the Collections of Natural History made in the Antarctic 
Regions during the Voyage of the ' Southern Cross.' London, 1902. 
344 pp. ; 53 pis. Price 40s.] 
The Report on the collections made in the Antarctic Seas 
during Borchgrevink^s expedition in the ' Southern Cross ' 
(1898-99) contains a chapter on the Birds by Dr. R. Bowdlcr 
Sharpe^ illustrated by 3 plates and numerous text-figures. 
The Zoologist of the expedition was Nicolai Hanson, who 
unfortunately died in October 1899 at Cape Adair. The 
selected extracts from his diary, relating chiefly to Mammals 
and Birds, will be read with interest. 
The birds treated of by Dr. Sharpe belong to 24 species — 
3 Penguins, 11 Petrels, 5 Albatroses, 1 Tern, 1 Gull, 2 Skuas, 
and 1 Cormorant. The exact localities of the specimens of 
all of them are carefully given, and much information from 
various sources is added, particularly in the case of the 
Emperor and Adelia Penguins. It appears that the Emperor 
Penguin was not found breeding, and therefore no specimen 
of its egg was obtained. The supposed egg of this species in 
Mr. J. H. Walter^s collection, if authentic (as is apparently tlie 
case, though it is not known who took it), therefore remains 
unique. We hope that the new Antarctic Expedition now in 
progress will bring us back more information on this subject. 
129. Shelleifs' Birds of Africa.' 
[The Birds of Africa. Bv G. E. Shelley, F.Z.S., F.R.G.S. Vol. III. 
London : Porter, 1902. 8vo. Pp. 276. Price £2 2s. net.] 
We have now to record the issue of the third volume of 
Capt. Shelley^s new work on the Birds of Africa. It com- 
