262 Mr. W. Kaw on the [Ibis, 



[The only eogs taken of this species were found in a 

 buildino- at Abbassia on 80 March, 18114 ; the clutch consisted 

 of three, and the eggs are spotted with chestnut brown instead 

 of red, and are easily distinguishable from the eggs of //. r. 

 savigmi. — R. S.] 



104. Apus murinus murinus. Pallid Swift. 



On 12 February, 1917, several were observed flying over 

 the Birket Accrashi, where they were noted until 27 February. 

 Single birds observed at various times of the year. I never 

 identified the European Swift, but probably it also occurs. 

 .1. m. murinus was common near Lake Karim in March 

 1917, and I shot several there. 



[This bird is common at Cairo, and nests in the holes of 

 walls in the mosques of the Tombs of the Khalifs. I took 

 one clutch of fresh eggs on 1. iv. 10, and found young 

 fledged on 27. iv. 09.— E. S.] 



105. Capnmulgus europaeus europaeus. European Nightjar. 

 The only sj)eciuien ever met with at Abu Zabal was shot 



on 18 April, 1919. I found ( '. e. eurojvius to be not un- 

 connnon near Lake Menzaleh in September 191G. 



106. Caprimulgus asgyptius segyptius. Egyptian Nightjar. 

 This species was occasionally seen and obtained at Abu 



Zabal. It is extremely abundant between 18 August and 

 tlie end of September, when bunches of upwards of fifty 

 annually ap[)eared on some rough ground near my quarters. 

 ^Vlien walking over this place there seemed to be a Nightjar 

 to every vard. Of four which I shot on 9 September, 1917, 

 two were males and two females. They were deep in 

 moult. 



Major F. W. Borman and Lieut. D. W. Musselwhite found 

 two pairs of eggs and shot a bird of this species on 29 May 

 at Sidi Salem. The eggs were much incubated, and were 

 laid under the shelter of a small bush close up to the roots, 

 on some uncultivated ground. 



[This species was common in the desert on IG. iii. 09. — 

 R.S-] 



