Bird Notes from the Nile. 33 



spit of sand at the northern end of the 

 Island of Elephantine. In the same place 

 the pariah dogs used to hunt the birds 

 which were feeding there, chasing them 

 as long as they could, and when the birds 

 flew up out of their reach, the dogs would 

 gallop round and round after the shadows, 

 which flitted in that clear air, distinct and 

 black on the shining sand. It is curious 

 to note, by the way, that on the wing 

 crows and ravens have been known to 

 fight, and even to defeat eagles. 



B.N 



