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BIRDS OF EGYPT. 



spread species, so that its occurrence in Egypt is not sur- 

 prising. 



Fam. OxiDiDiE. — Otis tetrax barely claims a place in the 

 present work, as it appears only to be met with in the desert 

 east of Port Said. Eupodotis arabs is included solely upon 

 Von Heuglin's note (Syst. Ueb. p. 53). 



Fam. CHARADRiiDiE. — Eudroimas morinellus and E. asi- 

 aticm are entered on Von Heuglin's authority. jEpalitis 

 mongolicus bases its claim upon a specimen in the British 

 Museum. One cannot always rely on a labelled museum 

 specimen ; but it is not an unlikely bird to find its way into 

 Egypt by the Red Sea. jE. hiattcula is included upon the 

 authority of Savigny's ' Description de I'Egypte,' and Von 

 Heuglin (Syst. Ueb. p. 56), where the latter author also 

 recognizes j^. intermedins; yet I think that it may pos- 

 sibly prove to be identical with the latter species, which 

 I have frequently killed iu Egypt without ever meeting with 

 the true ^. hiaticula. 



Fam. ScoLOPACiDiE. — Numenius tenuirostris is undoubtedly 

 Egyptian ; and N. ph(eopus, though included upon less autho- 

 rity, is, in my opinion, also met with there. Scolopax rusti- 

 cola is, though rare, undoubtedly to be found in Egypt. 

 Tringa arenaria and T. dnclus are both stated by Von Heuglin 

 to be Egyptian. 



Fam. Tantalid^e. — Ibis asthiopica breeds at Wady Halfeh, 

 and has therefore a right to a place in the present work, 

 although it does not appear to wander into Egypt proper. 



Tantalus ibis is only an occasional visitor. 



Fam. Rallid.e. — Ortygometra crex, the Corn-Crake, is 

 found in Egypt, according to Von Heuglin ; and this appears 



