FROM THE EAST. .529 



common in the harbour of Corfu, and very abundant in that 

 of Zante; rare at Alexandria, Lake Menzaleh, and the Suez 

 Canal. 



114. LARUS ICHTHYAETUS. Great Black-headed Gull. 



Rather common on Lake Birket-el-Karun, sometimes seen 

 on the Suez Canal, but never on the Nile or Lake Menzaleh. 



115. LARUS RIDIBUNDUS. Black-headed Gull. 



Very plentiful at all times of the year on the Adriatic and 

 Ionian waters; also abundant throughout the Mediterranean, 

 in the harbours of Alexandria and Port Said, on the Suez 

 Canal, and on the lakes of Birket-el-Karun and Menzaleh. 



116. LARUS MELANOCEPHALUS. Mediterranean Black- 

 headed Gull. 



Several solitary specimens were observed on Lake Men- 

 zaleh. 



117. GRACULUS CARBO. Common Cormorant. 



In large numbers on Lake Birket-el-Karun ; on Lake 

 Menzaleh pretty numerous ; very common on the Suez Canal, 

 the Bitter Lakes, the Red Sea at Suez, and on all suitable 

 coasts of the Mediterranean, Ionian, and Adriatic seas. 



118. CARBO PYGM^EA. Pygmy Cormorant. 



Very common in a brackish lagoon of the island of Corfu 

 near the town. There it lives in company with the large 

 Cormorants, Herons, Gulls, Ducks, and Divers. It is not 

 very shy ; never met with elsewhere. 



119. PELECANUS ONOCROTALUS. Roseate Pelican. 

 Rather common at Lake Birket-el-Karun and all along the 



Nile. In incredible numbers on Lake Menzaleh. In Pales- 



