. British birds. Birds. REVrW5 Avifauna Spitzbergensis. Forschiingreisen nach der Bdren- Iiisel unci dem Spitzbergen-ArcMpel, mit ihren faunistisch- en und floristischen Ergehnissen. Herausgegeben und verfasst von Alexander Koenig, Bonn, 1911. (Spezieller Teil. Bearbeitet von Dr. 0. le Roi, pp. 113-294.) Berlin : W. Junko 120 Marks. The results of Professor Koenig's three expeditions to Spits- bergen in 1905, 1907, and 1908, are enshrined in the handsome volume which now lies before us, copiously illustrated by numerous coloured plates, photogravures, and illustrations in the text. As the work
. British birds. Birds. REVrW5 Avifauna Spitzbergensis. Forschiingreisen nach der Bdren- Iiisel unci dem Spitzbergen-ArcMpel, mit ihren faunistisch- en und floristischen Ergehnissen. Herausgegeben und verfasst von Alexander Koenig, Bonn, 1911. (Spezieller Teil. Bearbeitet von Dr. 0. le Roi, pp. 113-294.) Berlin : W. Junko 120 Marks. The results of Professor Koenig's three expeditions to Spits- bergen in 1905, 1907, and 1908, are enshrined in the handsome volume which now lies before us, copiously illustrated by numerous coloured plates, photogravures, and illustrations in the text. As the work extends to 294 pages (12f by lOJ in.) it will readily be seen that it is much more than an account of the scientific results and incidents connected with these voj^ages. The first 110 pages are indeed devoted to chrono- logical accounts of the three expeditions, from the pen of Professor Koenig, and contain also many notes and observa- tions on bird-life, but Dr. le Roi is responsible for the " Special ," with which we are more directly concerned. First comes a very complete bibliography of Bear Island and the Spitsbergen Archipelago from 1598 to 1910. with critical notes. This is an extremely sound and valuable piece of work, extending to tAventy pages, and is followed by a list of the thirty-six species which have been recorded from Bear Island, with their status. A similar list of the fifty-two species recognized from Spitsbergen follows, about twenty-five of which have been ascertained to breed there regularly. Dr. le Roi then proceeds to treat each species in detail, giving an abstract of what has previously been recorded, together with critical remarks on the specimens obtained, as mcII as interesting field-notes and full descriptions of the eggs and nests obtained. One or two of these articles have special interest for English naturalists, among which the following may be mentioned :— Kolthoff's isolated record of the Red-necked Phalarope, Phalaropus hyp
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