Recently published Ornithological Works. 639 



E. C. Chubb on South African Birds' Eggs. 



[A Descriptive List of the Millar Collection of South African Birds' 

 Egg-s. By E. C. Chubb. Anuals Durban Museum, i. 19U, pp. 29-106, 

 pi. vii.] 



The energetic Curator of the Durban Museum has been 

 able to start a new journal^ under the title given abovCj, to 

 contain memoirs on the zoological and other material con- 

 tained in the Museum; and his contribution to the first issued 

 part is a catalogue of the very valuable collection of eggs 

 made by our late Colonial Member^ Mr. A. D. Millar, which 

 has been acquired for the Museum. 



The collection contains some 2500 eggs, representing 308 

 species, a number of which have not hitherto been described, 

 though many were made use of by Messrs. Stark and Sclater 

 in their work on South African Birds. 



The majority of the eggs were collected by Mr. Millar 

 himself, mostly in the neighbourhood of Durban. In many 

 cases, there are added to the descriptions field-notes from 

 Millar^s diaries. 



A coloured plate of some of the hitherto unfigured eggs, 

 prepared by Mr. Gronwold, adds to the attractiveness of this 

 very useful piece of work, on the completion of which we 

 must offer our congratulations to Mr. Chubb. 



Flower on the Giza Zoological Gardens. 



[Report on the Zoological Service for the Year 1913, in which is 

 included the 15th Annual Report on the Giza Zoological Gardens. By 

 Capt. S. S. Flower, Director. Pp. 1-48, pis. i-viii. Cairo (Govt. Press), 

 1914. 8vo.] 



Capt, Flower's Annual Report on the Zoological Gardens 

 near Cairo contains the usual statistics. The year 1913 

 proves to have been a record one, both as regards the 

 number of visitors, 258,623, and in the number of animals 

 in the menagerie, which amounted to 1630, representing 

 378 distinct forms. 



Among interesting birds acquired during the year were 

 a pair of Abu Gumba, or Ground-Hoi-nbills [Bucorvus abys- 

 sinicus), and 12 Senegal Bustards {Otis senegalensis), all 



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