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succeeded in shooting any. On the lake of Tunis they are more 

 abundant, and less wild than in Egypt. 



146. FuLicA ATRA, L. Comuion Coot. 

 One individual was shot near Assouan. 



147. Anser albifrons (Gmelin). White-fronted Goose. 

 Abundant on the Nile, in large flocks. 



148. Chenalopex iEGYPTiACUs (L.). Egyptian Goose. 



In the month of March these Geese were generally in pairs. 

 They are abundant, but rather wild. 



149. Tadorna rutila (Pallas) . Ruddy Shelldrake. 



One individual of this species was shot by our party on my 

 first visit, but I never met with it on my second. 



150. Spatula clypeata (L.). Shoveller Duck. 



151. Anas boschas L. Wild Duck. 



152. Anas strepera, L. Gadwall. 



153. Anas acuta, L. Pintail. 



154. Anas crecca, L. Teal. 



155. FuLiGULA ferina (L.), Pochard. 



These six species of Duck are all more or less abundant on 

 the Nile, in flocks ; and we shot some of each, in one or the 

 other of my voyages up the river. I should say that Fuliyula 

 ferina is the most abundant, and Anas strepera the most rare. 



156. Podiceps, sp. indet. 



I once saw a Grebe swimming in the Nile close to our boat ; 

 from its size I should say it was P. cristatus. 



157. Phalacrocorax carbo (L.). Common Cormorant. 

 Cormorants are abundant wherever the Nile is overhung by 



abrupt cliffs, in which they roost, and, I suspect, breed. 



158. Pelecanus onocrotalus, L. Pelican. 



I found Pelicans much less plentiful on my second voyage 

 up the Nile than on my first. This may have been owing either to 

 the ten years' persecution they had in the meantime undcigoue, 

 or to the fact that the second voyage was two months later in the 

 season than the first. 



