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Pandion haliaetus. 

 Pandion haliaetus Shelley, p. 203. 



I saw an Osprey on January 10th close to the Coast- 

 guard Station at Gheit-el-Nassara. 



ArdEA CINEREA. 



Ardea cinerea Shelley, p. 266; Loat, Ibis, 1906, p. 122. 



Grey Herons were exceedingly numerous, both on the 

 islets in Lake Menzaleh and on the marshes at Gheit-el- 

 Nassara. I obtained no skins of this species, but purchased 

 three examples alive, one adult and two immature, which 

 had been netted on the lake. 



Ardea alba. 



Herodias alba Shelley, p. 267. 



We saw about twenty Great White Herons sitting on an 

 island in Lake Menzaleh on January 7th. 



Mr. Loat does not seem to have met with this bird near 

 Damietta. 



Phcemcopterus roseus. 



Phoenicopterus antiquorum Shelley, p. 272; Loat, Ibis, 

 1906, p. 122. 



One of the chief objects of our visit to Damietta was 

 to obtain living examples of the Flamingo. It seemed, 

 however, that we were a few weeks too early, for, although 

 thousands were seen, the fishermen had not begun to catch 

 them in any quantity, owing to the water being still too 

 high. 



These birds are netted by the fishermen in large numbers 

 yearly, and are used as an article of diet. When the water 

 is sufficiently low the birds are driven into long flight-nets. 

 At the time of our visit very few of the nets were being 

 worked, but in many of the parts of the lake frequented 

 by the birds long lines of reeds were stuck up in the water. 

 This, it seems, is done some time before the netting takes 

 place, so as to get the birds accustomed to the nets and 

 poles, and certainly these reeds with their feathery tops have 

 every appearance of a line of nets when seen from a distance. 



