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  Recently 
  published 
  Ornithological 
  Works. 
  

  

  of 
  augmenting 
  his 
  knowledge 
  of 
  this 
  subject. 
  The 
  first 
  part 
  

   of 
  the 
  present 
  article 
  is 
  devoted 
  to 
  an 
  account 
  of 
  this 
  

   journey, 
  while 
  the 
  second 
  contains 
  a 
  systematic 
  list 
  of 
  birds 
  

   of 
  Tunis, 
  with 
  copious 
  notes 
  on 
  the 
  results 
  arrived 
  at. 
  The 
  

   route 
  taken 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Koenig 
  on 
  this 
  occasion, 
  which 
  is 
  illus- 
  

   trated 
  by 
  a 
  map, 
  was 
  from 
  Susa 
  to 
  Gabes 
  parallel 
  to 
  the 
  

   coast, 
  while 
  excursions 
  were 
  also 
  made 
  from 
  Susa 
  north- 
  

   wards. 
  The 
  systematic 
  list 
  contains 
  the 
  names 
  of 
  228 
  

   species, 
  thus 
  adding 
  28 
  to 
  the 
  author's 
  former 
  summary 
  of 
  

   the 
  Tunisian 
  avifauna. 
  Upon 
  some 
  points 
  in 
  this 
  list 
  we 
  

   will 
  offer 
  a 
  few 
  remarks. 
  

  

  The 
  occurrence 
  of 
  Cypselus 
  affiais 
  in 
  Tunis 
  is 
  of 
  great 
  

   interest. 
  Examples 
  of 
  this 
  eastern 
  species 
  were 
  obtained 
  by 
  

   Dr. 
  Koenig 
  on 
  Djebel 
  el 
  Meda, 
  near 
  Gabes, 
  in 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  

   ]\Iarch. 
  

  

  Specimens 
  of 
  Hirundo 
  riifula, 
  purchased 
  from 
  a 
  dealer 
  in 
  

   Tunis, 
  were 
  stated 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  killed 
  in 
  the 
  neighbour- 
  

   hood. 
  

  

  The 
  Raven 
  of 
  Tunis 
  is 
  now 
  recognized 
  to 
  be 
  Corvus 
  tingi- 
  

   tanus, 
  not 
  C, 
  corax. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Koenig 
  vindicates 
  the 
  claims 
  of 
  Galerita 
  macro- 
  

   rhyncha, 
  Tristram, 
  to 
  be 
  distinct 
  from 
  G. 
  cristata, 
  to 
  which 
  

   it 
  has 
  been 
  recently 
  united 
  in 
  the 
  'Catalogue 
  of 
  Birds' 
  

   (xiii. 
  p. 
  628), 
  and 
  considers 
  G. 
  random, 
  Loche, 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  

   same 
  species. 
  He 
  met 
  with 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Gabes. 
  

  

  One 
  example 
  of 
  Clot-Bey's 
  Lark 
  {Rhamphocorys 
  clot-bey) 
  

   was 
  obtained 
  at 
  Djebel 
  el 
  Meda. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Koenig 
  holds 
  fast 
  to 
  the 
  distinctness 
  of 
  his 
  Ala>mon 
  

   margaritce 
  (described 
  from 
  specimens 
  collected 
  during 
  his 
  

   former 
  journey), 
  of 
  which 
  he 
  again 
  obtained 
  examples 
  in 
  

   the 
  desert 
  near 
  Gabes. 
  Dr. 
  Bowdler 
  Sharpe 
  (Cat. 
  B. 
  xiii. 
  

   p. 
  526) 
  has 
  united 
  it 
  to 
  Chersophilus 
  duponti, 
  from 
  which, 
  

   however, 
  it 
  would 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  perhaps 
  subspecifically 
  

   different. 
  

  

  It 
  has 
  hitherto 
  been 
  supposed 
  that 
  the 
  Chaffinch 
  {Fringilla 
  

   ccelebs) 
  is 
  entirely 
  replaced 
  in 
  North 
  Africa 
  by 
  the 
  nearly 
  

   allied 
  F. 
  spodiogenys 
  and 
  similar 
  forms. 
  It 
  would 
  appear, 
  

   however, 
  that 
  the 
  European 
  Chaffinch 
  visits 
  Tunis 
  iu 
  winter, 
  

  

  