CHAPTER VII. 



In arranging my notes on the Birds of Egypt, I have 

 consulted all the works I knew of likely to give me assist- 

 ance, except the German works of Heuglin, Riappell, and 

 others, which for lack of a knowledge of German I have 

 been unable to use as I could have wished. In particular 

 I have made free use of Dresser's " Birds of Europe," and 

 of all the papers in the " Ibis " which have any reference to 

 Egyptian Ornithology. Of Shelley's " Birds of Egypt'" I 

 needly hardly say that it was of the greatest service to me. 

 No one should think of going to shoot birds in Egypt with- 

 out it. I can bear testimony to the accuracy of his field 

 notes. I was surprised not to find it on sale at Robertson's, 

 the English bookseller, either at Cairo or Alexandria, but 

 perhaps the edition is exhausted. The general manual of 

 ornithology for the British tourist is Smith's "Attractions 

 of the Nile," and a very good book it is, but it is not suffi- 

 cient without the more scientific work of Captain Shelley ; 

 and those who wish to make a good use of their oppor- 

 tunities should provide themselves with both works before 

 leaving England. 



It does not seem necessary to enumerate the titles of all 

 the publications which have treated of Egyptian birds, but 

 there are three on which I should like to offer a iow rt marks, 

 Hasselquist, Savigny, and Sonini. The title of Frederic 

 Hasselquist's work is, '^ Iter Palestinmn, eller Resa til 

 helige Landet," etc. Stockh, 1757. It was translated into 

 German in 1762 ; into English in 1766; and into French in 



