496 Recently published Ornithological Works. 
of the existence of this new Journal and to study its 
contents. 
70. Koenig on the Vultures of Egypt. 
[Die Geier Aegyptens (mit 4 Heliographuren und 2 farbigen Tafeln). 
Bearbeitet von Dr. Alexander Koenig. Journ, f. Orn, 1907, pp. 59-92. ] 
This is a well-written essay on the five commonly known 
Vultures of Egypt, with which the author is well acquainted 
from personal experience, Gypaétus being included in the 
list. Dr. Koenig shews that by several previous writers on 
Egyptian birds Otogyps auricularis has been mistaken for 
Vultur monachus, which would appear to be a much rarer 
species in Egypt than the former. Indeed Dr. Koenig states 
that he has never met with it himself in Egypt or Nubia. 
On the other hand, we are rather surprised to see that 
Gyps rueppelli is not allowed a place in the Egyptian Avi- 
fauna. We believe that it certainly occurs in the Libyan 
Desert, living specimens of it having been obtained more 
than once by the Zoological Gardens of Giza from the Arabs 
of the Pyramids (see P. Z. 8. 1895, p. 400, and 1896, p. 609). 
One of these birds is still living in the Gardens of the 
Zoological Society of London. 
We may remark that it is a great mistake to reduce Gyps 
rueppelli to the rank of a subspecies of G. fulvus as has been 
proposed by Erlanger (cf. J. f. O. 1904, pp. 14, 144, tab. i1.). 
Six nicely drawn plates, two of which are coloured, illustrate 
this memoir. 
71. Lampe’s ‘Catalogue of the Museum of Wiesbaden.’ 
ip Mi 
[Katalog der Vigelsammlung des naturhistorischen Museums zu Wies- 
baden. III. Teil. Von Custos E. Lampe. Wiesbaden, 1906.} 
The third part of this catalogue completes the work 
(see ‘The Ibis,’ 1906, p. 726). It contains the Galline, 
Hemipodii, Fulicariw, and Alectorides, according to the 
classification of the B.M. Catalogue. The number of 
species registered is 1993. 
