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fowl ! Teal may be seen in nearly all the winter 

 months amongst the Coot at the Sacred Lake at 

 Karnak, and at many other places guarded by 

 the Antiquities Department. Mr. Nicoll writes : 

 " Several hundred Teal winter on the lake in the 

 Gardens (Zoological). In some years a few of 

 them arrive as early as the latter part of August, 

 and they have been known to stay as late as the 

 8th of May." 



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