366 Recently published Ornithological Works. 
(Ibis, 1908, p. 533) but well deserves further mention. Mr. 
Nicoll had great, in fact almost unequalled opportunities, 
no doubt, but he did not fail to make good use of them. 
In the new edition a few corrections have been made, and 
special attention is called to the remarks about Easter 
Island in the first edition. It appears that the “ mystery of 
the Pacific ” had inhabitants on it when first discovered, 
but of what race they were is a question not likely to be 
solved. There is one Land-bird to be found there, probably 
of a new species, but it would be a long way to go for it— 
some 2300 miles from the coast of Chili! 
We hope that Mr. Nicoll’s second edition will soon be 
exhausted and a third edition called for. 
40. Nicoll on Birds observed in the Giza Zoological Gardens. 
[Additions to the List of Wild Birds which have visited the Giza 
Zoological Gardens. By Michael J. Nicoll, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. (Reprinted 
from the Cairo Scientific Journal, No. 37, Vol. iii., October 1909.)] 
In a former paper (cf. ‘ Ibis/ 1909, p. 543) Messrs. Flower 
and Nicoll gave us a List of the wild birds that had been 
obtained or observed in the Zoological Gardens at Giza near 
Cairo during the past ten years—156 species in all—a 
wonderful number for so small and frequented an area. 
Mr. Nicoll now records the visits of 16 more species to this 
much favoured locality, among which we find the name of 
the Ortolan ( Emberiza hortulana ), the Wood Sandpiper 
(Totanus glareola), and the Senegal Thick-knee ( GEdicnemus 
senegalenis ). According to the writer’s views there are two 
Hoopoes in Egypt. Besides the common form ( Upupa 
epops typica), which passes through on migration, there is 
another form ( Upupa epops major) resident in Lower Egypt, 
which is distinguished by its larger size and longer bill. 
To his list of new additions Mr. Nicoll appends some notes 
and corrections on species included in the original list. 
Amongst these are remarks on Sylvia subalpina albo-striata 
and Prinia gracilis striata , two newly resuscitated sub¬ 
species. 
