544 Recently published Orn'ithoJoyical Works. 



Zoological Gardens at Giza, near Cairo. In this report 

 Captain Stanley Flower, with the assistance of Mr. Michael 

 Nicoll, gives a list of the species that have been noticed 

 there during the past ten years. As they belong, with but 

 few exceptions, to the category of " Britisli Birds/' this list 

 will be of considerable interest to the students of British 

 Bird-life, as well as to ornithologists in general. 



The Giza Gardens, which occupy an area of about 52 acres, 

 are on the left bank of the Nile opposite Cairo, and are on 

 the tramway which connects Cairo with the Pyramids. One 

 of their chief attractions, after the Menagerie in its well- 

 kept condition, is the number and variety of the wild birds 

 to be observed there, especially during the vernal and 

 autumnal periods of migration. Great pains have been 

 taken to encourage and protect such birds in every way, 

 and the result is that the occurrence of no less than 155 

 species has been recorded during the past ten years. 



In order to identify the species more certainly the authors 

 give references to Shelley's 'Birds of Egypt' and Saunders's 

 * Manual,' the two books most likely to be in the hands of the 

 ornithologist who visits Egypt, while they generally follow 

 Saunders's arrangen)cnt and nomcnclatui'e. At the beginning 

 of the " List" many of our friends Mill be surprised to find 

 the Blackbird {Tvrdus merula), the Song-Thrush ( 7'. musicus), 

 aud the Robin [Eritfiacus rubecula) described as "regular 

 M'inter-visitors." But such is undoubtedly, we believe, the 

 case with these three birds, which in England many look 

 upon as common and constant residents, although in many 

 places the Song-Thrush decreases in numbers in the winter, 

 especially when the weather is severe. On the other band, 

 the Rufous Warbler {AeJon (jalactodes) and the Olivaceous 

 Warbler [Hypolais pallida) are summer-visitors at Giza, 

 arriving from the south in March and April and nesting in 

 the Gardens. Among the species met with at Giza which 

 are not recognised as Egyptian by Shelley are the Siskin 

 {Chrysomitris spinus) , the Blue Rock-Chat (Myrmecocichla 

 me/anura), a Nuthatch {Sitta) of some sort, the Red- 

 breasted Flycatcher {Mn.svicnpa parvo), and the Levant 



