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saw skins which had been collected in Upper Egypt. I have 

 seen examples in the Faiyum in March and also on Lake Man- 

 zala in January. 



Length about 70 inches. Feathers on the forehead ter- 

 minating in a concave line towards middle of culmen ; primaries 

 dark brown ; upper part of back scapulars and wing coverts 

 stone grey ; tail brownish grey ; legs and pouch flesh colour. 

 Rest of plumage white. 



275. Booby. Sula leucogastra. (Boddaert), 



Not mentioned by Shelley. 



This brown and white gannet was met with at Jubal 

 Island in the Eed Sea, not far from Suez, by Captain Flower 

 and Mr. Bonhote in January 1919. 



Length about 35 inches. Head, neck, upper breast, and 

 upper parts deep chocolate brown ; lower breast and belly 

 white. 



276. Masked Gannet. Sula cyanops SundevaU. 



Sula cyanops. Shelley, p. 294. 



Mr. E. C. Taylor met with this gannet near Suez (c/. 

 Shelley, p. 294). 



Length about 36 inches. Bare skin of face and pouch 

 slate grey ; quills and greater wing coverts and tail dark brown ; 

 rest of plumage white ; bill yellow ; legs slaty grey. 



277. Bo'sun Bird. Phaethon indicus Hume. 



Not mentioned by Shelley. 



In the Giza Museum there is a head of a bird of this species 

 which was picked up on Jubal Island, near Suez, in January 

 1919, by Mr. J. L. Bonhote. It is possibly not uncommon, for 

 I have heard of a Phaethon flying on board a ship near Suez, 

 and which was probably of this species. 



Length about 24 inches. White flecked with black on upper 

 parts, pure silvery white below. A crescent-shaped black mark 

 on eyelid, and a small black line behind the eye. Bill coral red ; 

 cutting edges black. Tail streamers white. 



