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



26th of February, near El Kab, when I got within about fifty 

 yards of it. 



226. Larus ridibundus, L. Black-headed Gull. 



Very abundant on the Nile in February and March. I saw 

 large flocks of this Gull between Cairo and Benisooef, feeding 

 on the locusts which swarmed throughout Egypt this year. 



227. Larus melanocephalus, Natt. Natterer's Gull. 



I believe that I saw this Gull on several occasions in company 

 with the last species near Benisooef, in the early part of March. 

 Mr. E. C. Taylor mentions having seen it at Alexandria in April. 



228. Larus tenuirostris, Temm. Slender-billed Gull. 

 Mr. E. C. Taylor's party obtained a specimen of this Gull 



out of a small flock near Keneh (Ibis, 1867, p. 72) . 



229. Sterna anglica, Montagu. Gull-billed Tern. 



We met with this bird in great abundance near Damietta in 

 February, and have frequently killed it above Cairo, as far south 

 as Sioot, in the month of March. 



230. Sterna velox, Riipp. Swift Tern. 



Mr. E. C. Taylor (Ibis, 1867, p. 72) mentions it as Egyptian. 



331. Sterna cantiaca, Gm. Sandwich Tern. 

 Mr. E. C. Taylor mentions having seen this bird near 

 Damietta (Ibis, 1867, p. 72). 



232. Sterna caspia. Pall. Caspian Tern. 



Mr. E. C. Taylor observed this bird flying over the lake near 

 Damietta (Ibis, 1867, p. 72). 



233. Sterna minuta, L. Lesser Tern. 



I have seen a specimen of this Tern in Mr. Baird's collection 

 of birds from Egypt. This is the only instance I know of its 

 having been shot in that country. 



234. Hydrochelidon fissipes (L.). Black Tern. 



Mr. E. C. Taylor mentions seeing this bird near Damietta in 

 April (Ibis, 1867, p. 73). 



235. Hydrochelidon leucoparia (Natt.). Whiskered 

 Tern. 



I shot four of these birds out of a small flock that were 



