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



163. HiMANTOPUS CANDiDUs, Bonnaterrc. Stilt. 

 Abundant throughout Egypt and Nubia, but more especially 



so in the Delta, where it may be almost daily seen striding 

 about the shallow pools so frequent near the villages, perfectly 

 regardless of the natives, as if conscious of its own worthless- 

 ness as an article of food. 



164. H^MATOPUS osTRALEGUS, L. Oyster-catcher. 



Mr. E, C. Taylor (Ibis, 1867, p. 69) mentions having seen a 

 bird of this species on the shores of the Red Sea, near Suez. 



165. LiMosA MELANURA (L.). Blaclc-tailed Godwit. 



"VVe only met with a flock of these birds on one occasion, near 

 Sakkara, on the 7th of April, when we shot two specimens. 



166. Machetes pugnax (L.). Ruff. 



Very plentiful throughout Egypt, especially in the Delta, 

 Generally met with in flocks near the lakes and pools, or singly 

 along the banks of the river. 



167. ToTANUS CALiDRis (L.). Common Redshank. 



Very abundant in tbe Delta ; but I did not meet with it above 

 Cairo. 



168. ToTANUS Fuscus, Leisler. Spotted Redshank. 



We shot several birds of this species out of a flock which we 

 met with at Sakkara on the 7th of April. It may at once be 

 recognized from the last species in any stage of plumage by the 

 dusky ground-colour of some of the tail-feathers (which in the 

 Common Redshank are pure white and black), and by the 

 greater length of its bill. 



169. ToTANUS GLOTTIS, Bcchst. Greenshank. 

 Found abundantly throughout Egypt and Nubia. 



170. ToTANUS sTAGNATiLis, Bcchst, Marsh-Saudpipcr. 

 Not very uncommon. We met with it evenly distributed 



throughout Egypt and Nubia. It appears essentially a solitary 

 bird ; for I only once met with a pair of them at the same pool, 

 but have seen single specimens on two or three occasions in 

 company with the Wood-Sandpiper. In winter plumage they 

 somewhat resemble the last species, but may be distinguished at 



