Recently published Ornithological Works. 391 
for our available space is limited. Plenty of material there¬ 
fore remained to be expanded into the present agreeable 
narrative of life and exploration, especially as regards the 
almost unvisited islands of Dolgoi and Waigatch, to the 
north and east of the mouth of the Petchora. Kolguev Island, 
moreover, had been by no means exhausted by Mr. Trevor- 
Battye; and the south-west of Gooseland—the portion of 
Novava Zemlya to the south of the Matyushin Strait—well 
repaid investigation, while the east side of the northern 
island, Liitkeland, was also visited. The book is profusely 
illustrated from photographs, many of them very beautiful; 
there are several maps and plans; the frontispiece gives 
coloured figures of twelve eggs of the Little Stint; and the 
index is excellent. It is a pity that shoal water precluded 
a landing on the Yalmal Peninsula ; but, even as it stands, the 
book fills in a very important gap in our knowledge of 
Arctic geography as well as natural history. The appendices 
by Col. Feilden have received very high praise from com¬ 
petent authorities, and the title of the work, which is from 
f Paradise Lost/ book x., was suggested by him. 
60. Peel on the Birds of Somaliland. 
[Somaliland : being an Account of Two Expeditions into the Far 
Interior, together with a complete List of every Animal and Bird known 
to inhabit that Country, and a List of the Reptiles collected by the 
Author. By C. A. V. Peel, F.Z.S. London, 1900.] 
Mr. PeeFs octavo volume, of 345 pages, contains a narra¬ 
tive of two excursions made into the far interior of Somaliland 
in 1895 and 1897 (no exact dates specified), and is chiefly 
occupied with accounts of his adventures in the pursuit of 
the larger game. In an Appendix is given a list of the 
mammals and birds of Somaliland. The list of birds (in 
the preparation of which the author acknowledges the 
assistance of Dr. Bowdler Sharpe and Mr. Hartert) contains 
the names of about 295 species, with localities and a few 
field-notes. 
