3.26 Recently published Ornithological Works. [Ibis, 



Lavauden on Tunisian Birds. 



[La chasse et la faune cj'n^g(5tic[ue en Tunisie. Pur Louis Lavauden. 

 Pp. 1-40. Tunis (Iniprim. centr.), 19:^0. 8vo.] 



[Contribution jt I'etude des formes du Hibou Ascalaphe dans I'Afrique 

 du Nord. Id. lie v. Fraug. d"Oin. 1920, uos. 132-3, pp. 1-8 (separately 

 paged).] 



In the first of these pamphlets M. Lavauden, who is an 

 Inspector of Forests in the Regency of Tunis, gives us a 

 useful review of the Mammalian and Avian fauna of 

 Tunisia, chiefly from the sportsman's point of view. The 

 birds of Tunisia have been dealt with by Mr. Whitaker in 

 his well-known work ; but no volume in French has yet 

 been published, and we hope that M. Lavauden will find 

 time before he leaves the country to prepare one. We 

 understand that he has already completed a work on the 

 Mammals^ which unfortunately is yet awaiting a publisher. 

 The most interesting l)ird likely to be noticed by the casual 

 visitor to Tunisia is undoubtedly the Flamingo, which is 

 always to be seen on the great lake which separates Tunis 

 from the sea, though it is not known to breed, there. 

 M. Lavauden, however, has reason to believe that it nests 

 in a lake in the southern part of the Kegency between 

 Sousse and Kairouan. 



The pamphlet also contains the official regulations in 

 regard to the im[)ortation of arms, and the closed and 

 open seasons for shooting. We are glad to notice that the 

 Flamingo and some of the other rarer birds and mammals 

 are strictly preserved. 



In the second paper M. Lavatiden discusses the Eagle- 

 Owls of Tunisia. He points out that there is at present 

 no certain evidence of the occurrence in Tunisia of BuJ)0 

 bubo in any of its immediate subspecies, though it is said 

 to have occurred in Algeria. On the other hand, there are 

 two forms of the Egyptian Eagle-Owl, Bubo ascalaphus 

 ascalwphus and B. a. desertorum. These two forms appear 

 to he qnite distinct : the former occurring, though rarely, 

 in the north of Algeria and Tunisia ; the latter, which has 



