48.2 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



63. Evans on the Birds of Cambridgeshire. 



[Handbook to the Natural History of Cambridgeshire. Edited by 

 J. E. Man-, Sc.D., F.R.S., and A.E. Shipley, MA., F.R.S. Cambridge : 

 University Press, 1904. Sm. 8vo. 260 pp.] 



This Handbook, prepared for the meeting of the British 

 Association at Cambridge in 1904, was designed for the help 

 of those who desired to make observations in the surrounding 

 district. The names of the Editors are quite sufficient 

 guarantee for the general accuracj' of the various contribu- 

 tions which make up the work, some twenty in number. 



The twenty-five pages which relate to the Birds of 

 Cambridgeshire were written by Evans, who, after some 

 short introductory remarks, comments on 14 species which 

 have either been already exterminated within the area of 

 the county or are now extremely rare. Savi's Warbler 

 became extinct about 1819, but the Short-eared Owl and 

 Montagu's Harrier still occasionally breed in the county, 

 while the Bittern is a stray visitor. The Grey-Lag Goose, 

 formerly an abundant breeder, has ceased to nest in 

 the county since 1773, but both the Spotted and Baillon's 

 Crakes have bred in Cambridgeshire more recently. The 

 Bustard is now a very scarce straggler, though in 1856 one 

 undoubtedly visited Burwell Feu, where the present President 

 of the B.O.U. "saw it with his own eyes." The Ruff again, 

 formerly so abundant, no longer breeds in Cambridgeshire, 

 while the Black-tailed Godwit and the Black Tern must be 

 placed in the same category. 



To the remarks on the rarer species is added a full list of 

 the recorded birds of Cambridgeshire, among which perhaps 

 the most remarkable is the Black-browed Albatross (Dio- 

 medea nielanophrys), an example of which was taken alive 

 near Linton in 1897 (see < Ibis/ 1897, p. 625).— P. L. S. 



64. Flower on the Zoological Gardens of Gizeh. 



[Government of Egypt, Public Works Department. Zoological Gardens, 

 Gizeh, near Cairo. Report for the Year 1904 (Sixth Annual Report) by 

 the Director. Cairo, 1905.] 



Captain Flower's Report gives, as in former years, a very 



