. The Emu . yssinia.* Mr. Degen has distinguished himself as acareful collector, bringing back five new animals, includingOtomys degen/, which have been described by Mr. Oldfielcl Thomas, Mr. Degens principal haul, however, was 350 specimensof fish from Lake Tsana. Mr. G. A. Boulenger, , whoexamined the fish, described no less than 21 new species, includingBarbus degeni.\ Two new lizards were also collected, which werealso described by Mr. Boulenger, and Mr. Degen received a well-merited third dedication in Latastia A CORRECTION.— Notes on a Collection of Bird-skins fromt
. The Emu . yssinia.* Mr. Degen has distinguished himself as acareful collector, bringing back five new animals, includingOtomys degen/, which have been described by Mr. Oldfielcl Thomas, Mr. Degens principal haul, however, was 350 specimensof fish from Lake Tsana. Mr. G. A. Boulenger, , whoexamined the fish, described no less than 21 new species, includingBarbus degeni.\ Two new lizards were also collected, which werealso described by Mr. Boulenger, and Mr. Degen received a well-merited third dedication in Latastia A CORRECTION.— Notes on a Collection of Bird-skins fromthe Fitzroy River, North-Western Australia (Hall—Rogers).The notes of No. 122 (page 42) refer to Scythrops novce-hollandice(Channelbill), instead of Eudynamis eyanoccphala (Koel). * Emu, vol. i., p. 155- + Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud., vol. ii., part 2, p. 308 (1902).t Ann. A/a*. Nat. Hist., 7th ser., vol. x., p. 421 (1902).§ Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 7th ser., vol. xi., p. 54 (1903). The Emu, Vol. III. PLATE Adelia Penguin (Pygoscelis adelia). FROM A DRAWING BY H. GRONVOLD, B. M. REP., SOUTHERN CROSS. IQ03 III. H r, Kevieius. Reviews. NATURAL HISTORY OF ANTARCTICA. [Report on the Collections of Natural History made in the Antarctic Regionsduring the Voyage of the Southern Cross. Printed by order of the Trustees, BritishMuseum (Natural History), Cromwell-road, 1902.] The great home Museum, in its usual classical style, has issueda bulky report, including 53 plates, results of the work of thescientific collectors of the Southern Cross Expedition, which wasfitted out by Sir George Newnes, Bart. It will be remembered that the expedition was in charge ofMr. Borchgrevink, and that it spent the winter of 1899 on Vic-toria Land. Mr. Nicolai Nanson, the zoologist, most unfortunatelyfor the enterprise, died in October, 1899, but Mr. Hugh Evans(previously known to Australians in having been associated withMr. H. Gunderson and Mr. Robert Hall in the trip of the Edwardto Kerguelen in
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