192 Recently published Oi'nithological Works. 



Mr. S. A. Buturlin ; Mr. G. M. Mathews writes on 

 Falcimadus frontatvs icliitei and its nearest allies (col. pi.) ; 

 while Mr. F. E. Wilson, Mr. A. W. Milligan, and Mr. E. 

 Ashby each describe a new species, namely, Myzantha 

 melanotls from N.W. Victoria, Ptilotis insularis from 

 Kottnest Island, W. Australia, and Rhipidura mayi from 

 Anson Bay, Northern Territory. Finally, Capt. S. A. 

 White gives ns some notes from Cape York ; Mr. J. W. 

 Mellor discusses the introduction of the Malice Fowl into 

 Kangaroo Island (two papers) ; and two or three minor 

 articles complete the tale. 



6. Flover''s Rej)ort on the Glza Gardens. 



[Zoological Gardens, Giza, near Cairo. Report for the Year 1910. 

 (Twelfth Annual Report.) By the Director. Cairo, 1911.] 



The Zoological Gardens at Giza, well known to all those 

 who resort to Egypt, are in their usual thriving condi- 

 tion. The number of visitors in 1910 was fully up to the 

 average, and many good additions had been, made to the 

 stock of animals. The collection of Egyptian birds under 

 Mr. Nicoll's charge had been increased by his excursion to 

 the Wadi Natron in Lower Egypt, where 136 specimens had 

 been obtained, and by the Director's visit to the Blue Nile, 

 whence 140 had been brought, along with a valuable series 

 of living animals. 



The Egyptian Collection, which at the end of 1910 con- 

 tained 1734' skins, is described as follows : — 



" This Collection, on account of the authentic data accom- 

 panying every specimen, and the care bestowed upon it by 

 Mr. Nicoll (who has personally collected and prepared the 

 large majority o£ the specimens), is now very valuable. The 

 importance of the help given by various species of birds to 

 an agricultural country like Egypt cannot be over-estimated, 

 but curiously very little accurate knowledge of the avi- 

 fauna has been obtained so far. A Collection, like the one 

 Mr. Nicoll is now forming, is a necessity both to the Zoo- 

 logist and the Agriculturist to ascertain what species of birds 

 occur in Egypt, their habits^ and migrations." 



