374 Mr. E. Cavendish Taylor on Birds of Egypt. 



Larus melanocephalus, Natt. Mediterranean Black- 

 headed Gull. 



This Gull is not so much given to ascending rivers as the 

 preceding species. In Egypt I have never seen it except at 

 Alexandria^ where it is not very common. At Naples, where 

 it abounds, it had already assumed the black head by the end 

 of the first week of March. 



Sterna caspia. Pall. Caspian Tern. 

 Common at Port Said and at Damietta. 



Sterna cantiaca, Gm. Sandwich Tern. 



I saw several in Alexandria Harbour on March 15th. 



Sterna anglica, Montagu. Gull-billed Tern. 

 1 saw a considerable number of these Terns hovering over 

 some flooded rice-fields near Damietta on April 17th. 



PuFFiNus KUHLi (Boie) . Cinereous Shearwater. 



A specimen of this Shearwater was in the shop of Mr. 

 Mayer, a bird-stuff'er at Alexandria, who told me that he 

 had shot it close to that town early in the month of April 

 last. 



PuFFiNus YELCouAN ( Accrbi) . 



Mr. Mayer had also a specimen of this bird, shot at Alex- 

 andria. Many writers consider this species identical with 

 Puffinus anglorum. I think it may readily be distinguished 

 by the paler and browner tint of the upper part of the body, 

 and by the colour of the under tail-coverts, which are greyish 

 brown instead of white. 



FuLiGULA RUFiNA (Pall.). Red-crcstcd Duck. 



Mr. Fillipponi had a fine male specimen of this Duck, shot 

 at Damietta, which I have brought to this country. This 

 species is new to the Egyptian list. 



