58 Bird Notes from the Nile. 



and the rarer "Whiskered" Tern, the 

 Lesser Tern, as well as the quaint 

 Scissor-bill, but all these birds are 

 probably migrants, though a few may 

 remain to breed occasionally in the Delta 

 or Fayum. Many other Hawks and 

 Falcons too, and hundreds of smaller 

 birds, are flitting about everywhere : Chats, 

 Warblers, Redstarts, Wrynecks, etc., etc. ; 

 but to enumerate them all here would 

 be wearisome. I have, therefore, added a 

 list of birds which are likely to be found 

 in Egypt, which list may perhaps be 

 useful to the Nile tourist, and a help to 

 him in looking for birds in the various 

 localities in which they are most probably 

 to be found. 



The natives are very knowing about 

 birds and their ways, and much interesting 

 information may be gained from them to 

 which a little knowledge of Arabic greatly 

 helps. They will show you where to 

 seek the nests of various birds, and point 

 out the spot where the Sand Grouse 

 come down to drink, and where the Wild 

 Geese habitually feed. They can tell you 

 almost to a day when the Quail will 



