HEUGLIN, THEODOR VON (1824-1876), German trav eller in north-east Africa, was born on March 20, 1824, at Hirsch landen, Wurttemberg. In 185o he went to Egypt where he learnt Arabic, afterwards visiting Arabia Petraea. In 1853 he was ap pointed Austrian consul at Khartum. He travelled in Abyssinia and Kordofan, making a collection of natural history specimens. He died at Stuttgart, on Nov. 5, 1876. It is principally by his ornithological labours that Heuglin has taken rank as an inde pendent authority.
His chief works are Systematische tfbersicht der Vogel Nordost Afrikas (1855); Reisen in Nordost-Afrika, 1852-53 (Gotha, 1857) ; Syst. Ubersicht der Saugetiere Nordost-Afrikas (Vienna, 1867) ; Reise nach Abessinien, den Gala-Liindern, etc., 1861-62 (Jena, 1868) ; Reise in das Gebiet des Weissen Nil, etc. 1862-64 (Leipzig, 1869) ; Reisen nach dem Nordpolarmeer, 187o-7r (Brunswick, 1872-74) ; Ornithologie von Nordost-Afrika (Cassel, 1869-75) ; Reise in Nordost-Afrika (Brunswick, 1877, 2 Vols.).