THE IBIS. 



Nos. XXIII. & XXIV. JULY & OCTOBER 1864 



XVIII. — Remarks on Dr. A. Leith Adams's " Notes and Obser- 

 vations on the Birds of Egypt and Nubia." By S. Stafford 

 Allen. 



Having myself paid a good deal of attention to Egyptian orni- 

 thology, I may perhaps be permitted to make a few remarks on 

 the interesting paper communicated by Dr. A. Leith Adams to 

 the first Number of ' The Ibis ' for the present year, since it 

 must be obvious to all that, by thus comparing notes upon any 

 given point, we shall arrive at more certain conclusions than 

 would otherwise be the case. 



With most of Dr. Adams's remarks I cordially agree ; but on 

 those points where my opinion differs from his, it must be borne 

 in mind that, though greatly less experienced as an observer, I 

 have had more extended opportunities for observation, having 

 spent four seasons in Egypt, engaged in collecting and studying 

 birds. Nor have my wanderings been limited to the Nile Valley, 

 though they include two voyages up to the Eirst Cataract, as I 

 have seen a good deal of those parts of the country usually left 

 unvisited by winter travellers, amongst which are the Faioum 

 and (more especially) the Delta. Having also besides, by de- 

 grees, picked up a tolerable knowledge of Arabic, I have been 

 enabled to communicate directly with the natives — always a 

 matter of importance in these investigations. 



I propose to place at the end of these remarks a concise list 



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