124 Count T. Salvadori— Notes 



86. Phalacrocorax africanus. Long-tailed Cormorant. 

 Ogil vie- Grant, Cat. B. xxvi. p. 407. 



Shelley does not mention this species in the ' Birds of 

 Egypt/ but there is a specimen in the British Museum 

 obtained by him in the Fayoum. I saw a number for sale 

 at the fish-market just outside Damietta on the 5th of 

 March. 



87. Sterna caspia. Caspian Tern. 



On the 18th of April a couple were seen, one of which 

 was obtained. 



88. Sterna minuta. Lesser Tern. 



During my stay I heard a great many references made to 

 a small Tern, which, from the description, I concluded must 

 belong to this species. It is much sought after by the 

 native gunners, as they receive a good price for its skin from 

 the plume-dealers of Damietta. Its local name is i( Abu Da'a," 

 and it regularly arrives in this part of Egypt towards the end 

 of April. Mr. Gurney ( f Rambles of a Naturalist/ p. 233) 

 considers that this species should be looked upon as a 

 summer, rather than a winter, visitor. 



89. Larus fuscus. Lesser Black-backed Gull. 



A few were occasionally seen near the edge of the Lake. 



90. Podicipes nigricollis. Eared Grebe. 



During March I obtained several of these birds which had 

 been netted on the Lake. 



VII.— Notes on the Parrots. (Part III.) 

 By T. Salvadori, H.M.B.O.U.* 



Fam. IV. Cacatuid^e (Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xx. p. 101). 



This Family is generally recognised as quite distinct among 

 the Psittaci. The species are not numerous, and none of 

 the forms described since the publication of the ' Catalogue ' 

 stand on a very solid foundation. 



* Continued from < The Ibis/ 1905, p. 542. 



