Capt. G. E. Shelley on Egyptian Ornithology . 39 



tourists, I obtained many species which are not generally found 

 in collections from Egypt. I only travelled in Nubia on iny 

 second visit, when I spent a fortnight in that country. 



As in six months it was impossible to make a complete col- 

 lection, and as I omitted to obtain many of the more ordinary 

 species, I have drawn from all the most authentic sources to 

 complete the present catalogue of the birds that are found 

 between the Mediterranean and the second Cataract. 



I have carefully avoided the insertion of any species upon 

 which, it appears to me, that there is any doubt, as for instance, 

 Haliaetus albicilla and several others, which I can only find the 

 locality Egypt given to in Mr. G. R. Gray's 'Hand-list of Birds.' 

 I have, however, inserted Gypaetus barbatus, Milvus migrans, and 

 Ibis religiosus, which may well be doubted as Egyptian species 

 from any observations which have yet been made upon them, 

 although a further knowledge of the avifauna of these regions 

 will probably decide their right to a place in the present list. 



1. Gypaetus barbatus (L.). Bearded Vulture. 



Dr. A. L. Adams (Ibis, 1864, p. 8) mentions having met with 

 this bird at the Pyramids. I know of no other instance of its 

 having been seen in Egypt. While we cannot well doubt that 

 the Bearded Vulture has been observed in Egypt, we may yet 

 feel very uncertain whether the specimen seen by Dr. Adams 

 was really a true G. barbatus (Linn.), or belonged to the species 

 which inhabits Abyssinia, G. nudipes, Brehm*. 



2. VuLTUR MONACHus, L. Black Vulture. 



By no means abundant in Egypt, but to be met with occa- 

 sionally on the sandbanks or in company with flocks of Gyps 

 fulvus. 



3. Gyps fulvus (Gm.). Griffon. 



I met with several hundreds of these birds at Edfos, round the 

 body of a dead Camel, and saw small flocks of them on several 

 other occasions. I observed a pair towards the end of April 



* [Qu. G. ineridionalis, Keys, et Bias. Cf. Finsch, Trans. Z. S. vii. 

 p. 200.— Ed.] 



