1921.] Birds of Loioer Egypt. 375 



[At Abbassia on 1 May, 1909, I took a clutch of three 

 eggs on which incubation had begun : possibly tlie produce of 

 two females. Eggs were also taken at Luxor on 31 March, 

 1910.— R.S.] 



180. Pterocles senegallus. Senegal Sand-Grouse. 



A few inhabit the desert south of Maro- near Abu Zabaal. 

 They fly in to drink at the pools of water there during June, 

 July, August, and September. There is no doubt that they 

 breed there, but I was never able to get far enough out to 

 locate them. 



181. Pterocles coronatus. Ch-owned Sand-Grouse. 

 Occurs sparingly and spasmodically at Mai-g, where I 



have shot several in the breeding-season. On 29 August, 

 1917, Mr. Bonhote, Dr. Beven, and myself shot eleven. It 

 is a remarkable thing that both this species and P. senegallus 

 only come in for water in the early morning, and are never 

 seen through the day or in the evening. It doubtless 

 breeds on the sand-dunes south of Marg, and my hunting- 

 guide, Achmed, said the season was June. 



182. Pterocles senegalensis \_ = P. exustus ^viQ,i.'\. Singed 



Sand-Grouse. 



I include this species on the authority of a native hunting, 

 guide — Achmed Ali Ferahi of Alag — who states that this 

 species turns up with the two preceding ones at Marg about 

 one year in five. I also heard of Englishmen who had 

 obtained it there. Achmed Ali was with me when I shot 

 several examples in the Fayum, and he identified it on sight 

 and by its call before being shot. In the Fayum it is 

 common near Tamiia and at Edwa. 



[I have a pair of eggs of this species taken on an island 

 at Ayat on 9 May, 1894. I revisited the island in 1910, but 

 failed to see any birds. — R. S.] 



183. Burhinus cedicnemus saharae. Saharan Stone-Curlew. 

 Unlike the following species these birds show a marked 



preference for the open desert, only coming into the cultivation 

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