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24. Saker Falcon (Falco saker). Rare. 



25. Merlin (Falco aesalon). Common throughout. 



26. Hobby (Falco subbuteo). Fairly common. 



27. Sooty Falcon (Falco eleonorae). Rare. 



28. Red-legged Falcon (Falco vespeiiinus). Fairly common in 



Lower Egypt. 

 29- Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus). Very abundant everywhere. 



30. Lesser Kestrel (Falco cenchris). Fairly abundant. 



31. Common Kite (Milvus regalis). Very rare. 



32. Parasitic Kite (Milvus aegyptius). Very abundant throughout 



Egypt. 



3S. Black Kite (Milvus migrans). Rare. 



34. Black-shouldered Hawk (Elanus coeruleus'). Fairly common 



south of Thebes. 



35. Honey Buzzard (Pernis apivonisy Exceedingly rare. 

 SQ. Common Buzzard (Buteo vulgaris). Not common. 



37. African Buzzard (Buteo deseriorum). Exceedingly rare. 



38. Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo ferox). Fairly common. 



39. Barn Owl (Abico Jlammea). Common. 



40. Tawny Owl (Strix aluco). Not common. 



41. Tengmalm's Owl (Nyctala tengmalmi). Very rare. 



42. Little Owl (Athene noctua). Exceedingly abundant. 



43. Scops Owl (Scops giti). Rare north of Cairo. 



44. Long-eared Owl (Asio otus). Very rare. 



45. Shoi-t-eared Owl (Asio accipitrinus). Rare. 



46. Eagle Owl (Bubo ignavus). Very rare. 



47. Egyptian Eagle Owl (Bubo ascalaphus). Fairly common in 



Upper Egypt. 



48. Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus). A regular visitor in August and 



returning again in March. 



49. Great - spotted Cuckoo (Coccystes glandarius). Not un- 



common. 



50. Lark-heeled Cuckoo (Centropus aegyptius). Not uncommon 



in Fayum. 



51. Wryneck (Yunx torquilla). Common on migration. 



52. Hoopoe (Uptipa epops). Abundant everywhere. 



