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239. TOTANUS CANESCENS. 



Tot anus canescens Shelley, p. 25G. 



A few Greenshanlcs may be met with throughout the 

 winter and spring. 



240. LiMOSA BELGICA. 



Limosa agocephala Shelley, p. 245. 



Black-tailed Godwits are most abundant in the autumn, 

 during the flooding of the country round about Giza. 



241. NUMENIUS ARQUATA. 



Numenius arquata Shelley, p. 243. 



I have seen Curlews on many occasions from September 

 to May. 



242. Sterna fluviatilis vel macrura. 



Sterna flnviatilis } gbelley, p. 299. 

 Sterna hirundo ) 



I have seen either Common or Arctic Terns on the 

 flooded country, but have no specimens of them. 



243. Sterna anglica. 

 Sterna anglica Shelley, p. 297. 



A few Gull-billed Terns frequent the country near Giza 

 during the inundations. 



I have an example obtained on the 28th of November, 1907. 



244. Sterna cantiaca. 

 Sterna cantiaca Shelley, p. 297. 



A few frequent the flooded country near Giza during the 

 autumn. 



245. Hydrochelidon hibrida. 

 Hydrochelidon nigra (Linn.) ; Shelley, p. 301. 



A few were seen during September 1908, near Giza. 



246. Larus ridibundus. 



Larus ridibundus Shelley, p. 309. 



Black-headed Gulls are frequently seen, sometimes in 

 flocks, flying up the river outside the Zoological Gardens, 

 in winter and early spring. 



247. Larus argentatus. 

 Larus argentatus Shelley, p. 305. 



