368 Mr. W. "Raw on tJie [Ibis, 



146. Neophron percnoptenis percnopterus. Egyptian 



y ulture. 



Observed sparingly at various times throuohout the year. 

 Captain W. Bioger found young birds just on the Aving 

 in the hills behind the Citadel on 18 April, 1917, and 

 Dr. Beven informs me that he believes that it breeds in the 

 Wadi el Degla, north of Helouan. 



[This species used to be common around Cairo in 1893-94, 

 but is now much scarcer. I saw birds along the Suez Road, 

 in the Wadi Hof, and at Dahshur, in March 1909. I was 

 told of five fresh eggs, from different nests, being taken at 

 Hash Medibab, Fayum, on 27. iii. 09.— R. S.] 



147. ^gypius monachus. Black Vulture. 



[One of the ]arge dark Vultures, said to be of this 

 species, nests at Assiout. The nest was in a small sont- 

 tree, and contained one egg. It was. I believe, found 

 by Mr. Malcolm, but I have lost the record of the 

 date.— R. S.] 



148. Ciconia ciconia ciconia. White Stork. 



This species is very irregular in its visits to Abu Zabaal, 

 and sometimes turns up in what should be the breeding- 

 season. About twenty birds remained throughout nearly the 

 entire spring and summer in the rice-fields at Marg in 1917, 

 and examples were frequently noted at the Birket Accrashi 

 in September and April. None breed, to my knowledge, in 

 Egypt. 



149. Platalea leucorodia [major?]. Spoonbill. 



A flock of Spoonbills flew over Abu Zabaal on 15 March, 

 1916, flying east, and in September 1918 two lots were 

 observed flying over towards the Nile. I found itnumei-ous 

 on ]jake Menzaleh, near Kantara, at the end of April 1919. 

 Although no s{)ecimens Avere obtained, it is evident from 

 specimens in the British Museum that it is the larger form 

 of this species which occurs in Egypt. 



