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1 1 inches. Bill black. Irides red. Legs and feet very bright 

 yellow. Legs long. Toes four in number. Head and neck 

 brownish grey: back brown, glossed with purple: throat whitish: 

 breast bluish grey : belly buff : thighs, vent, upper and under 

 tail-coverts, tail-feathers and wing-coverts pure white. Primaries 

 black. 



66. NuMENius ARQUATA. Commou Curlew. 

 Occasionally shot, but by no means common. 



67. HiMANTOPUs MELANOPTERUS. Black-wiuged Stilt. 



I saw this bird on one occasion only, on some marshy ground 

 near Benisouef, where thei-e were several flying about, one of 

 which was shot. 



68. ToTANus ocHROPUS. Green Sandpiper. 

 Abundant, and generally distributed. 



69. ToTANUs HYPOLEUCUS. Commou Sandpiper. 

 Not quite so numerous as the preceding species. 



70. ToTANUs STAGNATiLis. Marsh Sandpiper. 



Gould's Birds of Europe, vol. iv. pi. 314. 

 We procured one specimen only of this rare species, which 

 was shot on some marshy ground near Denderah. 



71. ToTANLs GLOTTIS. Grecnshauk. 

 Occasionally killed, but rather rare. 



73. Tringa temminckti. Temminck's Stint. 

 Occasionally killed in Upper Egypt, but by no means nu- 

 merous. 



73. ScoLOPAX GALLiNAGO. Commou Snipe. 

 Tolerably abundant in marshy ground. 



74. ScoLOPAx GALLiNULA. Jack Snipe. 



Almost as numerous as the preceding species, and frequenting 

 the same localities. 



75. Rhynch.ea bengalensts (Gm.). Short-winged Painted 



Snipe. 

 The only time we fell in with this bird was on some wet 

 ground near Keneh, where we killed six, two of which I skinned, 



