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140. Gypaetus barbatus. 



Dr. A. Leith Adams in his ' Notes of a Naturalist in the 

 Nile Valley and Malta' (1870), p. 20, mentions having seen 

 an individual on Nov. 14th, 1863, on the summit of the 

 Great Pyramid of Giza. 



141. Circus ^ruginosus. 

 Circus (Sruginosus Shelley, p. 181. 



The Marsh-Harrier is not uncommon in the Province, 

 where I have often met with it hawking over the Birseam 

 fields. 



142. Circus cineraceus. 

 Circus cineraceus Shelley, p. 184. 



I do not believe Montagues Harrier to be uncommon in 

 the Province, but as specimens of all the Harriers are very 

 difficult to obtain and it is not easy to identify them on the 

 wing, at all events in immature plumage : it is, therefore, hard 

 to say whether the present species or the Pallid Harrier is 

 the commoner. On April 18th, 1908, a fine adult Montagu's 

 Harrier was brought in to me alive by a Bedouin who had 

 caught it at Aburoash. As regards the breeding of this species 

 in the Province I can say nothing, as I have no actual 

 records of nests of any of the Harriers being found here. 



143. Circus swainsoni. 

 Circus pallidus Shelley, p. 183. 



An adult male Pallid Harrier was presented alive to the 

 Gardens by H.H, Prince Kamal el Din Pacha on Dec. 29th, 

 1908. I have on one or two occasions during the winter 

 months identified individuals of this handsome Harrier 

 flying over the Birseam fields. On the 6th of September and 

 the 22nd of October, 1908, I saw adult examples of this bird 

 flying over the Zoological Gardens. 



144. BuTEO vulgaris desertokum. 

 Buteo desertorum Shelley, p. 201. 



This form of the Common Buzzard is resident and not un- 

 common in the Province, where it breeds. I have not met 

 with typical B. vulgaris in Egypt up to the present time. 



