Length about 35 inches. Upper parts brown vermiculated 

 with black ; a white irregiUar bar across the wing ; a broad 

 white band on the tail ; crown and neck whitish vermiculated 

 with black ; a black band from the eye to nape of neck, where 

 it forms a slight crest ; under parts white ; under tail coverts 

 brownish with central streaks of white. 



LIMICOL^. 



351. Senegal Stone Curlew. (Edicnemus scnegalensis (Swain- 



son). Plate 31, fig. 22. 

 Not mentioned by Shelley. 



An abundant resident, especially in Lower Egypt, in the 

 vicinity of towns. The eggs are usually laid on the tojjs of 

 flat-roofed buildings, though sometimes in the desert. 



Length about 15 inches. Upper parts dull brown with 

 dark centres to the feathers and a small amount of black vermi- 

 culations ; throat and upper breast dull buff striped with dark 

 brown ; under tail coverts buff ; rest of under parts white ; 

 wing coverts greyish slate colour. No visible ivhite wing bar. 



352. Saharan Stone Curlew. (Edicnemus oedic7iemus saharcB 



Reichenow. Plate 31, fig. 21. 

 (Edicnemus crepitans. Shelley, p. 230. 



A resident in the desert on both banks of the Nile, though 

 frequently straying into the cultivation. Somewhat similar 

 to the Senegal stone curlew, but the upper parts are rufous 

 sandy with no vermiculations. The wing coverts are- less grey, 

 and there is a distinct ivhite bar across the closed wing. 



I have not yet met with the typical stone curlew in Egypt, 

 and believe that this form was confused with it by older writers. 



353. Pratincole. Glareolapratincola (Lmnsdus). Black-winged 



Pratincole. Glareola melanoptera Nordmann. 

 Glareola pratincola. Shelley, pp. 227-228. 

 The pratincole passes through Egypt in large numbers 

 during the spring and autunm migrations and a number remain 

 to breed in Lower Egypt. 



Length about 11 inches. Upper parts clove brown ; throat 

 buff encircled with a narrow black bridle ; breast huffish brown ; 

 abdomen and tail coverts white. Most examples have the axilla- 



