326 Recently published Ornithological Works. [Ibis, 
Lavauden on Tunisian Birds. 
[La chasse et la faune cynegetique en Tunisie. Par Louis Lavauden. 
Pp. 1-40. Tunis (Imprim. centr.), 1920. 8vo.] 
[Contribution a l’etude des formes du Hibou Ascalaphe dans 1’Afrique 
du Nord. Id. Rev. Fran 9 . d'Orn. 1920, nos. 132-3, pp. 1-8 (separately 
paged).] 
In the first of these pamphlets M. Lavauden, who is an 
Inspector of Forests in the Regency of Tunis, gives us a 
useful review of the Mammalian and Avian fauna of 
Tunisia, chiefly from the sportsman’s point of view. The 
birds of Tunisia have been dealt with by Mr. Whitaker in 
his well-known work; but no volume in French has yet 
been published, and we hope that M. Lavauden will find 
time before he leaves the country to prepare one. We 
understand that he has already completed a work on the 
Mammals, which unfortunately is yet awaiting a publisher. 
The most interesting bird likely to be noticed by the casual 
visitor to Tunisia is undoubtedly the Flamingo, which is 
always to be seen on the great lake which separates Tunis 
from the sea, though it is not known to breed there. 
M. Lavauden, however, has reason to believe that it nests 
in a lake in the southern part of the Regency between 
Sousse and Kairouan. 
The pamphlet also* contains the official regulations in 
regard to the importation of arms, and the closed and 
open seasons for shooting. We are glad to notice that the 
Flamingo and some of the other rarer birds and mammals 
are strictly preserved. 
In the second paper M. Lavauden discusses the Eagle- 
Owls of Tunisia. He points out that there is at present 
no certain evidence of the occurrence in Tunisia of Bubo 
bubo in any of its immediate subspecies, though it is said 
to have occurred in Algeria. On the other hand, there are 
two forms of the Egyptian Eagle-Owl, Bubo ascalaphus 
ascalaphus and B. a. desertorum. These two forms appear 
to be quite distinct : the former occurring, though rarely, 
in the north of Algeria and Tunisia; the latter, which has 
