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24. Salter Falcon {Falco saker). Rare. 



25. Merlin {Falco aesalon). Common throughout. 



26. Hobby (Falco subbuteo). Fairly common. 



27. Sooty Falcon {Falco eleonorae). Rare. 



28. Red-legged Falcon (Falco vespeiiinus). Fairly common in 



Lower Egypt. 

 29- Kestrel {Falco tinnunculus). Very abundant everywhere. 



30. Lesser Kestrel (Falco cenchris). Fairly abundant. 



31. Common Kite {Milvus regalis). Very rare. 



32. Parasitic Kite {Milvus aegyptius). Very abundant throughout 



Egypt- 



33. Black Kite {Milvus migrans). Rare. 



34. Black-shouldered Hawk {Elanus coeruleus). Fairly common 



south of Thebes. 



35. Honey Buzzard {Pernis apivorus). Exceedingly rare. 



36. Common Buzzard {Buteo vulgaris). Not common. 



37. African Buzzard {Buteo desertorum). Exceedingly rare. 



38. Long-legged Buzzard {Buteo ferox). Fairly common. 

 39- Barn Owl {Aluco jlammea). Common. 



40. Tawny Owl {Stria; aluco). Not common. 



41. Tengmalm's Owl {Nyctala tengmalmi). Very rare. 



42. Little Owl {Athene noctua). Exceedingly abundant. 



43. Scops Owl {Scops giu). Rare north of Cairo. 



44. Long-eared Owl {Asio otus). Very rare. 



45. Short-eared Owl {Asio accipitrinus). Rare. 



46. Eagle Owl {Bubo ignavus). Very rare. 



47. Egyptian Eagle Owl {Bubo ascalaphus). Fairly common in 



Upper Egypt. 



48. Cuckoo {Cucuhis canorus). A regular visitor in August and 



returning again in March. 



49. Great - spotted Cuckoo {Coccystes glandarius). Not un- 



common. 



50. Lark-heeled Cuckoo {Centropus aegyptius). Not uncommon 



in Fayum. 



51. Wryneck {Yunx torquilla). Common on migration. 



52. Hoopoe {Upupa epops). Abundant everywhere. 



