501- Recenthj published Ornithological IForks. [Ibis, 



tlie names — that is, the type used in each case — is fully 

 explained in the Introduction. 



Mullens, Sivann, and Jourdain on Ornithological Biblio- 



graphy. 



[A Geographical Bibliography of British Ornithology from the earliest 

 times to the end of 1918, arranged under Counties. In Six Parts. 

 By W. H. Mullens, H. Kirke Swann, and Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain. 

 London, 1919. Parts 1 & 2, pp. 1-192.] 



The authors tell us that " this work forms a supplement 

 to, or continuation of, Mullens and Swann's ' Bibliography 

 of British Ornithology' (Biographical volume), completed 

 in 1917. It contains the books and articles in tliat volume 

 arranged under counties, as well as a digest of the enormous 

 mass of published contributions on local avifauna in scien- 

 tific journals and periodical literature, of which very little 

 indeed had been touched for the Biographical volume above 

 mentioned.'^ The aim is to give as complete an account as 

 possible of the literature and records of each country, and 

 has involved the examination of thousands of books. When 

 completed the work will be exceptionally useful, as the 

 publications of Cones, Cams and Engelmann, and Agassiz 

 have long been out of date. 



Many omissions and mistakes in those works are now 

 corrected, and it is thus hoped to secure great accuracy 

 coupled with full information. 



Nicoll on Egyj^tian Birds. 



[Hand-list of the Birds of Egypt. By M. J. Nicoll, Assistant- 

 Director Zoological Service, Ministry of Puhlic Works, Egypt. Cairo, 

 1919. Pub. No. 29.] 



Mr. Nicoll has furnished visitors to Egypt with a very 

 useful list, which will aid them to name their specimens. 

 He gives the Latin name which he considers most easily 

 understood, as well as the English appellation. Then 

 follows a short desciiption and a statement of the localities 

 where the bird is found, with references to the works of 

 Shelley and Gurney. The author has formed a collection 

 of some 4000 skins during the past thirteen years, and has 



