50 Mr. E. C. Taylor— %?/;)/ Revisited. 



\, ou tlie contrary, always considered a grove of palm-trees a 

 particularly good place to look for birds, and there is no tree in 

 which I more often found the nest of the Egyptian Kite and 

 Hooded Crow ; and as to Corvus umbrinus I never saw its nest 

 in any other sort of tree. 



1. VuLTUR MONACHUs, L. Ciucreous Vulture. 



On my second trip up the Nile I occasionally saw a solitary 

 individual of this species among a flock of Griffons [Gyps fulvus) . 

 With a good glass it was easily identified when in repose, by its 

 dark-coloured plumage and very differently shaped head. 



2. Gyps fulvus (Gmelin). Griffon -Vulture. 



I found this Vulture very abundant on my second visit to 

 Egypt, much more so indeed than on my first, owing, I suspect, 

 to the cattle murrain, which was then raging, and which, though 

 a dreadful visitation for the cattle and their owners, was a fine 

 time for the Vultures. I suppose that this species breeds in 

 Egypt, but I never detected it in the act, 



3. Neophron percnopterus (L.). Egyptian Vulture. 



I have nothing to add to my former remarks about this bird, 

 which I found as abundant as ever on my return to Egypt. 



4. Aquila mogilnik (S. Gmelin). Imperial Eagle. 



The specimen that I shot on my first visit was in the pale 

 plumage of the second or third year. I did not see this species 

 alive on my second visit, but saw the skins of two adult speci- 

 mens on board a boat I visited. I never saw the Golden Eagle 

 {A. chrysaetus) or the Tawny Eagle [A. navioides) in Egypt. 



5. Aquila n^via (Gmelin). Spotted Eagle. 



Egypt seems to be the favourite winter quarters of this species; 

 it is then so plentiful that I have seen as many as twenty all 

 together in a grove of palm-trees. I do not know whether any 

 individuals remain to breed, but I think probably not. They 

 showed no signs of pairing as late as the end of March. This 

 is an eminently arboreal Eagle, and is seldom seen among rocks. 

 Reptiles and carrion are its usual food. The name Spotted 

 Eagle is applicable only to the immature bird. With the 

 exception perhaps of Circaetus rjallicus, this species is much 



