to the Ornithology of E(jypt. 431 



Upupa epops epops. 



Upupa epops Shelley, p. 155. 



The European or Migrating Hoopoe passes through the 

 AVadi during March^ but I have at pi-esent no records of this 

 form during the autumn migration. While in the Wadi 

 in jMarcli I frequently saw small flocks of ten or a dozen 

 examples passing north, and a few solitary individuals were 

 always to be seen near the houses probing in the sand 

 for food, I have no record of Hoopoes nesting in the Wadi 

 Natron, and I did not meet with Brehm's Hoopoe {U. epops 

 major) there, though I found the latter at Khatalb^ at the 

 head of the light railway about twenty miles east of the 

 Wadi and in the Nile Valley, in November 1911. 



CucuLUs CANORUs CANORUS Linu. 



Cuculus canorus Shelley, p. 162. 



I have an immature Cuckoo shot by Mr. Balboni on 

 September 20th, 1910, and one assuming adult ])lumage 

 shot ou September 25th, 1911. I did not meet with this 

 species during my visit in March. 



AsiO ACCIPITRINUS. 



Asio accipitrinus Shelley, p. 179. 



I shot two Short-eared Owls during my visit in March. 

 In both cases these birds were flushed from a large patch of 

 dried bulrushes. 



Asio OTus (Linn.). 



Asio otus Shelley, p. 178. 



On November 25th, 1911, 1 shot a female Long-eared Owl. 

 It was taking shelter during the daytime in a row of small 

 eucalyptus trees. 



Scops giu. 



Scops giu Shelley, p. 178. 



Mr. Balboni has sent me two Scops Owls, one shot ou 

 April 26th, 1910, and one on April 16th, 1911. The bird is 

 doubtless a visitor only during migration. 



Mr. Loat saw a small Owl in the Wadi which he thought 

 might have been a Scops Owl. 



