544 Recently published Ornithological Works . 
Zoological Gardens at Giza, near Cairo. In this report 
Captain Stanley Flower, with the assistance of Mr. Michael 
Nicoll, gives a list of the species that have been noticed 
there during the past ten years. As they belong, with but 
few exceptions, to the category of “ British Birds/' this list 
will be of considerable interest to the students of British 
Bird-life, as well as to ornithologists in general. 
The Giza Gardens, which occupy an area of about 52 acres, 
are on the left bank of the Nile opposite Cairo, and are on 
the tramway which connects Cairo with the Pyramids. One 
of their chief attractions, after the Menagerie in its well- 
kept condition, is the number and variety of the wild birds 
to be observed there, especially during the vernal and 
autumnal periods of migration. Great pains have been 
taken to encourage and protect such birds in every way, 
and the result is that the occurrence of no less than 155 
species has been recorded during the past ten years. 
In order to identify the species more certainly the authors 
give references to Shelley's ‘Birds of Egypt' and Saunders's 
‘ Manual,' the two books most likely to be in the hands of the 
ornithologist who visits Egypt, while they generally follow 
Saunders's arrangement and nomenclature. At the beginning 
of the “ List" many of our friends will be surprised to find 
the Blackbird ( Turdus merula), the Song-Thrush (T. musicus ), 
and the Robin ( Erithacus rubecula) described as “ regular 
winter-visitors." But such is undoubtedly, we believe, the 
case with these three birds, which in England many look 
upon as common and constant residents, although in many 
places the Song-Thrush decreases in numbers in the winter, 
especially when the weather is severe. On the other hand, 
the Rufous Warbler ( Aedon galactodes) and the Olivaceous 
Warbler ( Hypolais pallida ) are summer-visitors at Giza, 
arriving from the south in March and April and nesting in 
the Gardens. Among the species met with at Giza which 
are not recognised as Egyptian by Shelley are the Siskin 
(Chrysomitris spinus) , the Blue Rock-Chat ( Myrmecocichla 
melanura) ) a Nuthatch ( Sitta ) of some sort, the Red¬ 
breasted Flycatcher ( Muscicapa parva), and the Levant 
