BIEDS OF EGYPT. 159 



from Egypt in Mr. E. C. Taylor's collection, obtained by 

 Mr. Clark Kennedy during his visit to that country. 



Entire plumage black, slightly shaded with brown on the 

 throat. The hairy coverts to the nostrils are very stiff and 

 fully developed, and directed forwards and upwards in a fan- 

 shape on the sides of the beak. Beak and legs black, the 

 former very stout and short ; irides brownish black. 



Entire length 19'5 to 20*5 inches; culmen 2-2 to 2'5, 

 diameter of the beak I'l ; wing, carpus to tip, 15 to 15'5 ; 

 tarsus 2" 5 to 2" 7. 



Fig. (head only) Schl. Bijdr. Dierk.Afl. pi. vii. 1 h. fig. 26. 



132. CoBVUS coRNix, Linn. Hooded Crow. 



This is the common Crow of Egypt, but in Nubia it is 

 less plentiful. It begins breeding towards the end of Feb- 

 ruary, when its nest may be procured in almost every clump 

 of sont trees. 



Head, throat, wings, and tail blue-black, remainder of the 

 plumage stone-grey. Legs and beak black, irides very dark 

 brown. 



Entire length 18 inches; culmen 2; wing, carpus to 

 tip, 12 ; tarsus 2"2. 



Fig. Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 222. 



133. CoRvus FRTJGiLEGUs, Linn. Rook. 



Large flocks of the Common Rook may be met with in the 

 Delta up to the end of March, but it does not remain to 



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