122 Mr. W. L. S. Loat on Birds 



66. Totanus glareola. Wood-Sandpiper. 



One or two individuals were generally to be found on a 

 piece of wet ground which was under partial cultivation. 



67. Himantopus candidus. Black-winged Stilt. 



A couple were brought to me by a native, who had 

 obtained them near Damietta. 



68. *Recurvirostra avocetta. Avocet. 

 A single bird was seen on the 1st of April. 



69. *Plegadis falcinellus. Glossy Ibis. 



I saw a couple of these birds standing in a pool about 

 half a mile from the village. 



70. Platalea leucorodia. Spoonbill. 

 Not uncommon on Lake Menzalah. 



71. *Ardea cinerea. Common Heron. 



72. *Ardea garzetta. Little Egret. 



Met with on two or three occasions standing in shallow 

 water near the edge of the Lake. 



73. Ardea ralloides. Squacco Heron. 

 Only occasionally seen in the locality. 



74. Nycticorax griseus. Night-Heron. 



I bought a specimen of this bird from a native, who had 

 obtained it near Damietta ; but I never came across it 

 in the district round the village, owing no doubt to the 

 entire absence of large trees in which it could roost during 

 the day-time. 



75. Phosnicopterus antiquorum. Flamingo. 

 Flamingos were very numerous when I first arrived in 



this locality at the beginning of March, but towards the end 

 of April their numbers were considerably less ; possibly they 

 had moved to another part of the Lake. 



76. Gallinula chloropus. Moor -hen. 



I only obtained a single specimen of this species. 



