508 Recently jmblishcil Ornitliological Works. 



information, especially as iTgards the lenp,th of life of 

 specimens in the Gardens. 



The Mammals are naturally the most important group in 

 the Giza Gardens, as in all other collections of living animals — 

 they number 273 species; but the Birds are still more nnmc- 

 rous, we find 420 species registered. These species are mostly 

 such as are (or have been) exhibited in the Regent's Park, 

 but some of them are not to be found in the Zoological 

 Society's Catalogue, e. g., Sylvia ruepjjelli, Acrocephalus 

 stentoreus, Dinimellia dirdmelli, and Ibis harjedash. 



The volume is well and correctly printed, on good paper, 

 and in every respect does credit to Cairo. One more 

 advantage is that among the scientific names there are very 

 few trinomials ! 



71. Grinnell on the Birds of the Campus of the University 

 of California. 



[Birds of tlie University Campus. By Joseph Gi'Innell. University 

 of California Chronicle, xiii. No. 1 (1911).] 



The campus of the University of California at Berkeley, 

 containing about 530 acres, has been carefully watched by 

 Mr. Grinnell since August 1908, and the birds observed on 

 it have been noted. JNIr. Grinnell has recognized permanent 

 residents 31, winter visitants 21, summer visitants 21, 

 transients 3 — total 76 species. Tiie total "Avian Popula- 

 tion " of the campus is estimated at 10,000. 



72. Hall on the Distribution of Australian Land-birds. 



[The Distribution of Australian Land-Lirds. By Bohert Hall, 

 C.M.Z.S., M.B.O.U. Proc. Boy. Soc. Tasmania, 1910.] 



In 1906 Mr. Hall had indicated what he considered to be 

 the lines of the geographical distribution of the Passerine 

 Birds in Australia, and the chief direction of their expansion 

 over that continent. In the present paper he proposes to 

 make some corrections to his former statements. He still 

 adheres to the view that almost the whole of the present 

 Avifauna had its origin in the Papuan Subrcgion and entered 



