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XI. — Contributions to the Ornithology of Egypt. — No. II. 

 Birds of the Province of Giza. Part 1. By Micii.vel J. 

 Njcoll, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. 



(Plate IV.) 



The following paper is chiefly based on a collection of birds 

 made by myself" during a residence of two and a half years 

 at Giza, supplemented by notes from Captaiu Flower. I do 

 not offer it as a complete list of all the birds occurring in 

 the Province, as I have only mentioned such species as have 

 come under my personal observation or have been vouched 

 for by competent correspondents and friends, amongst whom 

 I should specially mention Mr. E. W. Buckley, Mr, G. E. 

 Burnett-Stuart, Capt. J. W. H. Seppings, and Capt. J. B. 

 Jenkinson. 



Owing to the number of birds on which I have notes it 

 will be necessary to divide the paper into three parts, in the 

 course of which several species will be recorded for the first 

 time from Egypt. 



The resident birds of Egypt are few iu number as 

 regards species, compared with the migrants, and are 

 somewhat local in their distribution, for which reason it 

 will be seen that several well-known Egyptian forms are 

 not included in my paper. 



The Province of Giza extends for some seventy miles 

 along the banks of the Nile, from about seventeen miles 

 north of Cairo to about six miles north of Beni Sout'. 

 North of Cairo it is confined to the west bank of the river. 

 Immediately above the town, however, both banks are 

 included, while for about the last seventeen miles it includes 

 the east bank only. 



The Province consists of a narrow strip of alluvium, varying 

 from about six miles at its greatest breadth, which is on the 

 west bank only, opposite Cairo, to three and a half miles at 

 Kafr Ammar, where both banks are included. The rest is 

 desert, the highest surveyed point being 380 metres (or 

 1083 feet) above the VVadi Ilof near Helwan. 



