356 Recent Ornithological Publications. 
v. Homeyer*s “ Account of the Birds of the Balearic Islands/* Dr. 
Bolle*s “ Description of Anthus bertheloti/ } already printed in this 
Magazine (Ibis, 1862, p. 343), the conclusion of Herr Preyer’s 
paper on the Great Auk, and Dr. Kriiper*s “ Ornithological No¬ 
tices of Greece/* wherein he details at greater length some of the 
exploits already recorded in these pages by Mr. Simpson (Ibis, 
1860, pp. 375 and 378). Herr v. Homeyer designates a topical 
variety of the Common Crossbill, which he says is of common 
occurrence even in summer in Majorca, as ‘ Crucirostra curvi- 
rostra, var. balearica / a fact interesting to those naturalists who 
look on local races as incipient species. The Ornis of the Bale¬ 
aric Islands has very few, if any, African tendencies. Fringilla 
ccelebs , Chlorospiza clitoris , and Parus cceruleus occur there just 
as in Europe, instead of their Algerian representatives, F. spodio - 
genia , C. aurantiiventris, and P. ultramarinus. As a sort of set¬ 
off to this, we may mention Dr. Altum*s record of the occurrence 
of Picus numidicus near Munster in the north of Germany—cer¬ 
tainly a remarkable turning-up of the “ irrepressible African.** 
Herr Preyer*s concluding paper is of great importance to those 
who are interested in the history of the Alca impennis. We can¬ 
not refrain from expressing our regret that he has not seen, or, 
if he has seen, has not referred to, the account of Mr. Wolley*s 
researches contained in one of our former volumes (Ibis, 1861, 
pp. 374 et seq .) ; for many of the details there set down are in 
«direct contradiction to those given by Herr Preyer, and his com¬ 
ments upon them might have been valuable. He has resusci¬ 
tated one fact of especial consequence. This is an account, 
written in the first part of the 17th century, and printed in the 
first volume of f Gronland*s Historiske Mindesmserker * (Kjoben- 
havn, 1838, pp. 123-134), of a visit made some fifty years be¬ 
fore to certain islands on the east coast of Greenland, called 
Gunnbjornsskj serene, and generally identified with the DanelPs 
(1652) or Graah*s (1830) islands of later geographers, lying in 
latitude 65° 20' N. An Icelander, by name Latra Clemens, or 
Clement of Latur, sailed thither with two boats, one of which 
he is stated to have laden with Gare-Fowls ( hla^it batinn annan 
me% geirfugl ) at these skerries. The eastern coast of Greenland 
has often been supposed (see J. W. Clark in ( Vacation Tourists/ 
