May, ?9 I THE Professor of Zoology in the University of Christiania and a foreign member of the A. O. U., is associated with Doctor Nansen in the production of this valu- able contribution to polar o?nithology. By the aid of my camera I have made a reduced copy of the colored plate of ??. rosea, and a half-tone copy of this illustrates the present notice. From the "Introduction" we learn that the observations recorded are' divided into four (IV) sections; the first three being from Nansen's journals -"supplemented by his verbal comments and explana- tions during the preparation of the work. The last section gives the ob- servations made during the time that the ship was drifting with the ice in the summers of?895 and ?896 , and is compiled from written and verbal in- fororation received froin Scott-Hansen Blessing and Mogstad, and also from the journals kept by Sverdrup." These observations are quite full, as the brochure covers fifty-four (54) pages. After the ship had closed in the ice, the first bird seen .in the spring of ?894 (a gull, probably ?a?ophila eburnea), appeared on May I3; birds were seen now and again until after the middle of August. After August 23rd, or the day when all the channels and lanes about the ship began to freeze?up, no.-birds were seen. "Dur- ing this part of the, .journey, eight specimens of l?hodostelhia rosea were shot and prepared, all of them young birds of tile year." while "Farthest north was found Fulmarzts .?o'lacialis, of which a specimen.was.observed in 85 5' N. Lat." In the brief notice, of such a formal work, as I am now giving it would be obviously out of the "question to enter upon all the valuable, interesting, oftentimes amusing records made in so extended an account, and one covering a period of several years. At the close of the narrative an "Index" is printed, which sets forth a list of the birds seen or collected during the entire Expedi- tion to the number of thirty-three (33) CONDOR 7'? including, as one would naturally sup- pose, not a few of our American boreal forms. They are ?zialilis hfaticula, Mlle alle, Mnser se?etum, Mrchibuteo la- gopus, Mrquatella marllima, Branta ber- nicla, Uep]Shus mandtL Uolg,mbus arcticus, Urymophilus fulicarius, Falco (esalon, Fratercula a. 'lacialis, Fulmarus .?rlacialis, ]-[areIda ?lacialis, L. la, ffo]Sus, Larus ar. ffentatus, L. fusvus, L..ff[aucus, ]?. maritim?us, 2Vg,ctea scandiaca, Pagophila eburnea, Phalaro- pus hyperboreus, Plectrophenax nivalis, tVhodostethia rosea, Rissa tridactyla, So- materia mollisMma, Squatarola helvetica, Stercorarius crepidatus, S. lon?icaudus, S. pomatorhinus, ?gterna macrura, To- tan?ts ?ebulari?/s, Uria lorn via and ?Vema sabinii. This is an interesting list, and in it there is to be found but one pas- sefine bird, namely, P. nivalis, which was frequently observed by these dis- tinvuished explorers at various points during the course of their journey. AF'rv.u five years of ?)rompt publica- tion, The ,?tseum of Albion, N. V., has consolidated with the 2Vaturalist, Farm and anciers' tVeview, a publication de- voted chiefly to l?oultry interests, bu't containin.? natural history departments. The ]eview is conducted by Mr. H. Kerr and will be issued from Albion, N. V. Mr. ?rebb Will address his friends from time to time on conchology and kindred sublects through a special de- partment. With the passinc: of the Muse,m we can but commend Bro. urobb for his standard of prompt l?ubli- cation, a .feature too often lacking in many of our scientific journals. M?. 1on? W. M.a?*r? of Palestine, Or., writes under date of Ar?ril o that the iuncos have begun building and that on Mprch ?6 he noticed a young Western Meadowlark (Xturnella ne.,o'lecta3 about two weeks from the nest, which was early, considering a fall of snow in February, followed by a cold snap.
