4G Capt. G. E. Shelley on Egyptian OrnitJiuhgy. 



eluded in the present list. It is most frequently met with, in 

 company with C. pallidus, in rows of Acacia trees. 



31. Circus pallidus, Sykes. Pale-chested Harrier. 



This is the most plentiful of all the Harriers in Upper Egypt. 

 I shot several small immature birds of this species, which at 

 first I was inclined to consider as belonging to C. cineraceus ; 

 and similar specimens have probably caused others to include 

 Montagu's Harrier among the birds of Egypt. These specimens 

 have the whole of the under part of a nearly uniform pale cine- 

 reous brown, with the upper tail-coverts pure white. They may 

 be most easily recognized by the length of the wing being 

 shorter in proportion to the bird than it is in C. cineraceus. 



32. Athene meridionalis, Risso. Southern Little Owl. 



This little Owl is extremely plentiful throughout Egypt, fre- 

 quenting alike both trees and rocks, but more especially the 

 small clumps of trees which surround the water-wheels so 

 abundant throughout Egypt. It breeds in March. 



33. Bubo ascalaphus, Sav. Egyptian Eagle Owl. 



This handsome Owl is very generally distributed throughout 

 Egypt and Nubia. It breeds in March. 



31'. Scops zorca (Gm.). Scops Owl. 



The only Egyptian specimen of this Owl which I have seen 

 was shot by Mr. E. Cavendish Taylor last April, at Alexandria, 

 where he tells me that it is not uncommon. 



35. Otus vulgaris, Flem. Long-eared Owl. 



This Owl is sparingly distributed throughout Egypt. 



36. Otus brachyotus (L.). Short-eared Owl. 



This is probably the only one of the six species of Owl found 

 in Egypt that does not remain throughout the year. 



37. Strix flammea, L. Barn-Owl. 

 Tolerably abundant throughout Egypt. 



38. Caprimulgus europ^us, L, Goatsucker. 



Dr. Von Heuglin, in his ' Ornithologic Nordost-Afiika's,' 

 says that this bird passes through Egypt on its way south in 



