568 Recently published Ornithological Works. 
information, especially as regards tlie length of life of 
specimens in the Gardens. 
The Mammals are naturally the most important group in 
the Giza Gardens, as in all other collections of living animals— 
they number 273 species; but the Birds are still more nume¬ 
rous, we find 420 species registered. These species are mostly 
such as are (or have been) exhibited in the Regent's Park, 
but some of them are not to be found in the Zoological 
Society's Catalogue, e. g., Sylvia rueppelli , Acrocephalus 
stentoreus, Dinimellia dinimelli , and Ibis hagedash. 
The volume is well and correctly printed, on good paper, 
and in every respect does credit to Cairo. One more 
advantage is that among the scientific names there are very 
few trinomials ! 
71. Grinnell on the Birds of the Campus of the University 
of California. 
[Birds of the University Campus. By Joseph Grinnell. University 
of California Chronicle, xiii. No. 1 (1911).] 
The campus of the University of California at Berkeley, 
containing about 530 acres, has been carefully watched by 
Mr. Grinnell since August 1908, and the birds observed on 
it have been noted. Mr. Grinnell has recognized permanent 
residents 31, winter visitants 21, summer visitants 21, 
transients 3—total 76 species. The total “Avian Popula¬ 
tion " of the campus is estimated at 10,000. 
72. Hall on the Distribution of Australian Land-birds. 
[The Distribution of Australian Land-birds. By Robert Hall, 
C.M.Z.S., M.B.O.U. Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasmania, 1910.] 
In 1906 Mr. Hall had indicated what he considered to be 
the lines of the geographical distribution of the Passerine 
Birds in Australia, and the chief direction of their expansion 
over that continent. In the present paper he proposes to 
make some corrections to his former statements. He still 
adheres to the view that almost the whole of the present 
Avifauna had its origin in the Papuan Subregion and entered 
