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Length about 12 inches. In breeding plumage the neck 

 is black ; a large triangular patch of golden feathers on each 

 side of the head ; upper parts dark brown ; breast and belly 

 white ; flanks reddish. A patch of white on the wings. Sexes 

 similar, but the female is somewhat smaller. 



In winter plumage the golden patches on the head and 

 the black neck are lost. Young birds are duller in colour than 

 adults in winter. 



431. African Little Grebe. Podiceps ?ninor capensis Salvadori. 

 Podiceps minor. Shelley, p. 311. 



The little grebe inhabiting Egypt differs from the European 

 form in having much more white on the wings. I have specimens 

 from the Wadi Natrun, where it is resident and breeds, and I 

 have seen a few individuals and examined eggs from Inshas. 



Length about 9j inches. In summer the crown, forehead, 

 nape and upper parts are dark brown. Chin black ; cheeks, 

 throat and neck chestnut. Sides of body umber brown ; belly 

 white. In winter the red and black on the head and neck are 

 absent. The secondaries are mostly pure white. 



TUBINARES. 



432. Mediterranean Great Shearwater. Puffinus kuhli kulili 



(Boie). 

 Puffinus kuhli. Shelley, p. 311. 



A straggler to the Mediterranean coasts of Egypt, and more 

 often found as a washed-up derelict than in life, though I have 

 sometimes seen living examples as near as the breakwater at 

 Port Said. 



Length about 20 inches. Upper parts greyish brown, 

 the crown of head darker ; under surface white, washed with 

 pale grey on sides of neck and face. Bill, legs and feet dull 

 yellowish. 



433. Manx Shearwater. Puffinus puffinus puffinus (Briinnich). 



Puffinus anglorum {partim). Shelley, p. 312. 



The typical form has only occurred once to my certain 

 knowledge, Mr. J. L. Bonhote having picked up a dead example 

 on the coast near Damietta on September 12, 1916. 



Length about 14 inches. Upper parts black, lower parts 

 white ; sides of neck mottled with greyish ; behind the thighs 

 a sooty brown patch. 



