to the Ornitholor/y of Et/i/pt. 643 



tliey may always be seea sitting under a large straggling 

 pcpper-trce. During the summer of 1907 this pair reared a 

 brood of three young, all of which I saw when they were a 

 few days old, in company with their parents. They again 

 bred in 1908, and I caught a full-grown youngster by 

 chasing it at night with a lantern. It became confused by 

 the rays of the light, and allowed itself to be picked up. 

 This example is still living in our aviaries. 



The down-plumage of CE. senegalensis appears to be much 

 more sandy than that of CE. crepitans. 



210. GlAREOLA PRATINCOLA. 



Glareula pratincola Shelley, p. 227. 



As soon as the country near Giza becomes inundated by 

 the Nile in the autumn Pratincoles appear in great numbers. 

 I have seen large flocks near the Pyramids of Giza. A few 

 reappear during the spring migration. 



211. Glareola pratincola melanoptera. 

 Glareola nordmanni Fischer ; Shelley, p. 229. 



At present I consider it advisable to separate the Black- 

 winged Pratincole as a subspecies, though it seems possible 

 that it is only a variety of the common form. Specimens 

 having the axillaries and under wing-coverts black occur in 

 the Province in the percentage of about one to ten of the 

 common form. 



In the black-winged form the secondaries are not tipped 

 with white as they are in G. p. pratincola, but in the latter 

 these white tips are very narrow indeed. 



212. CURSORIUS GALLICUS. 



Cursorius gallicus Shelley, p. 229. 



The Cream-coloured Courser may be frequently met with 

 on the edge of the desert near the Pyramids of Giza during 

 the winter and early spring. 



In a fresh state the legs of this bird are like those of 

 Aleemon alaudipes — china-white with an enamelled appear- 

 ance. This peculiarity, however, is not noticeable in dried 

 skins. 



