370 Mr. E. Cavendisli Taylor on Birds of Egypt. 



those of Gizeh without obtaining either birds or eggs. On 

 March 24, 1870, I took a nest containing five eggs of this 

 species on the third Pyramid of Gizeh. I saw the parent bird 

 fly off the nest, but did not get a shot at it. The eggs were 

 much incubated, and pale in colour. I searched for the nest 

 on the occasion of my last visit to the pyramids of Gizeh, on 

 the 21st of March last, but did not find it. I saw, however, 

 a pair of Lanners soaring round the summit of the third 

 Pyramid ; and the male bird was brought to me at Cairo a few 

 days after by an Arab. A pair of Lanners also frequent, 

 and, doubtless ; annually breed on, the northern pyramid of 

 Dashoor. I have noticed that in this species the sexes differ 

 less in size than in any other species of Falcon with which 

 I am acquainted. 



Bubo ASCALAPHUs (Sav.). Egyptian Eagle-Owl. 



This fine Owl also frequents, and annually breeds on, the 

 Pyramids of Gizeh. On March 24, 1870, 1 shot a male ; and 

 on March 21 of the present year I got a nest containing two 

 eggs, together with the female bird, on the third Pyramid. 

 This Owl lays only two eggs. 



Centropus ^GYPTius (Gm.) . Egyptian Coucal. 



I have never met wdth this bird since my first visit to Egypt 

 in 1854, when I shot a specimen in the Delta. I have lately 

 been told, on perfectly trustworthy authority, that it is espe- 

 cially common about Rosetta, a locality little visited by 

 Egyptian travellers. 



CucuLus cANORus, Linn. Common Cuckoo.' 

 Very abundant near Damietta on April 18. 



YuNx TORQUiLLA, Linn. Wryneck. 



In great numbers all about Damietta on April 18. 



Lanius lahtora, Sykes. Pallid Shrike. 



Very local, but abundant in certain localities. I saw a 

 great number of these Shrikes close to the railway-line be- 

 tween the stations of Chibin el.Kanater and Belbeis, on the 

 direct Cairo and Zagazig line, on my journey both to and 

 from Israailia at the beginning of last April. They were 



