3G6 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



(Ibis, 1908, p. 533) but well deserves further mention. Mr. 

 Nicoll had great, in fact almost unequalled opportunities, 

 no doubt, but he did not fail to make good use of them. 

 In the new edition a few corrections have been made, and 

 special attention is called to the remarks about Easter 

 Island in the first edition. It appears that the " mystery of 

 the Pacific" had inhabitants on it when first discovered, 

 but of what race they were is a question not likely to be 

 solved. There is one Land-bird to be found there, probably 

 of a new species, but it would be a long way to go for it — 

 some 2300 miles from the coast of Chili ! 



We hope that Mr. Nicoll's second edition will soon be 

 exhausted and a third edition called for. 



40. Nicoll on Birds observed in the Giza Zoological Gardens. 



[Additions to the List of Wild Birds which have visited the (iiza 

 Zoological Gardens. By Michael J. Nicoll, F.Z.8., M.B.O.U. (Reprinted 

 from the Cairo Scientific Journal, No. 37, Vol. Hi., October 1909.)] 



In a former paper (cf. ' Ibis,' 1909, p. 543) Messrs. Flower 

 and Nicoll gave us a List of the wild birds that had been 

 obtained or observed in the Zoological Gardens at Giza near 

 Cairo during the past ten years — 156 species in all — a 

 wonderful number for so small and frequented an area. 

 Mr. Nicoll now records the visits of 16 more species to this 

 much favoured locality, among which we find the name of 

 the Ortolan (Emberiza hortulana), the Wood Sandpiper 

 [Totanus gi lareola) , and the Senegal Thick-knee ((JSdicnemus 

 senegalenis). According to the writer's views there are two 

 Hoopoes in Egypt. Besides the common form (Upupa 

 epops typica), which passes through on migration, there is 

 another form (Upupa epops major) resident in Lower Egypt, 

 which is distinguished by its larger size and longer bill. 



To his list of new additions Mr. Nicoll appends some notes 

 and corrections on species included in the original list. 

 Amongst these are remarks on Sylvia subalpina albo-striata 

 and Prinia gracilis striata, two newly resuscitated sub- 

 species. 



