.28 EAKE BIEDS. 



3. Scops ffiu, Scops Eared Owl, tolerably plentiful near 

 Alexandria. 



4. Centropus (Bgyptius, Egyptian Lark-heeled Cuckoo. 



5. Alcedo hcngalensis, Small Indian Kingfisher. 



6. Acrocephalus stentorius, near Damietta in March and 

 April. 



7. Calamodi/ta melanopogon. In the same marsh through- 

 the year. 



8. Chettusia lemur a. White-tailed Plover. 



9. Bhi/ncheea capensis, Painted Snipe. 



Bittern, Spotted Crake, many kinds of Ducks, Gulls, and 

 Terns. Among the common English birds which are likely 

 not to be met with south of the Delta, are the Blackbird, 

 Robin, Stonechat, Linnut, Challiucli, Goldfinch, Rook, Star- 

 ling, Golden and Grey Plovers, and Water-Rail. 



