G12 Mr. M. J. Nicoll — Contributions 



205. FULICA ATRA. 



Fulica atra Shelley, p. 278. 



The Common Coot is very abundant in the Province 

 during the inundation of the Nile. It occasionally occurs 

 in the Zoological Gardens during the winter. 



We have never met with Fulica cristata. 



200. Grus communis. 



Gi'us cinerea Shelley, p. 263. 



Common during migration. 



207. Grus virgo. 



Grus virgo Shelley, p. 264. 



Although I have never seen the Demoiselle Crane in 

 Ejrypt there is no doubt that it passes through the Province 

 during its migrations. 



208. ffioiCNEMUS CREPITANS. 



(Edicnemus crepitans Shelley, p. 230. 



The Stone-Curlew is undoubtedly a breeding species^ as 

 we have several living in the aviaries of the Zoological 

 Gardens which were brought in by Bedouins when quite 

 voung. I fancy, however, that ffi". seaegalensis is the 

 commoner species. 



209. QLdicnemus senegalensis. 



(Edicnemus scolopax Flower & Nicoll, Special Report No. 3, 

 Zoological Gardens, Giza (1908), p. 25. 



This species appears to be a common resident in the 

 Province, and I have every reason to believe that the 

 majority, if not all, of those which frequent the Zoological 

 Gardens belong to this form. Certainly the pair mentioned 

 in our Report of the Wild Birds of the Giza Gardens 

 (p. 25) belong to it, and so do all others which I have seen 

 here since at close enough quarters to identify them with 

 certainty. So far as I can ascertain, this species has not 

 before been recorded in Egypt north of Aswan. 



A pair which live wild in the Giza Zoological Gardens 

 frequent a large Ostrich enclosure, Avherc throughout the day 



