Capt. G. E. Shelley on Egyptian Ornithology. 139 



117. Anthus CAMPESTRis, Bcchst. Tawny Pipit. 



This bird is a spring visitant. The first specimen that I saw 

 I killed at El Kab on the 26th of February, when it had probably 

 just arrived. It is very plentifully distributed throughout 

 Egypt and Nubia, usually frequenting the confines of the desert, 

 where its plumage harmonizes with the colour of the sand, ren- 

 dering it hard to see. 



118. Anthus aquaticus, Bechst. Water Pipit. 



In looking over a collection of skins on board Mr. Baird^s 

 " Dahabeah," I saw a Pipit which I believe to belong to this spe- 

 cies, which he had shot near the Pyramids in February. 



Rev. H. B. Tristram (Ibis, 1866, p. 289) calls this a well- 

 known Egyptian species. 



119. Anthus cervinus. Pall. Red-throated Pipit. 



One of the most abundant birds throughout Egypt and 

 Nubia. Its numbers are somewhat decreased by April ; but I 

 believe it to remain on the Nile through the year. 



This species in Egypt appears to take the place oiA.pratensis, 

 which latter bird neither Mr. E. C. Taylor nor myself ever met 

 with. 



120. Anthus arboreus, Bechst. Tz-ee Pipit. 



Arrives about March, and is then tolerably plentiful through- 

 out Egypt and Nubia. 



121. Certhilauda desertorum (Stanley). Bifasciated 

 Lark. 



I only twice met with this Lark in Egypt — once near Sak- 

 kara, and once on the desert, near Kom Ombos. Yet Dr. A. L. 

 Adams (Ibis, 1864, p. 24) says that it is not uncommon in small 

 flocks along the edge of the desert from the Pyramids to Nubia. 

 In the desert, near Lake Fyoom, it is tolerably abundant. 



122. Alauda cristata, L. Crested Lark. 



This I consider the most abundant bird in Egj^t. In Nubia 

 the specimens appeared rather paler than those in Egypt. I in- 

 sert this remark, which I made at the time in my notes, as I also 

 observed that the Desert Larks were darker in Nubia than in 



