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necked Grebes were also numerous, but the Dabcliick was 

 apparently rather scarce. 



The Tunisian Crossbill {Loxia poUogyna, Whitaker) was 

 numerous in the Aleppo pines in the town of Algiers. 



Mr. M. J. NicoLL exhibited some mummified birds and 

 made the following remarks : — 



" 1. A Mummy of the Sacred Ibis [Ibis athiopica), which 

 was purchased at Luxor in January of the present year. 

 This bird is an immature example, as may be seen by 

 the feathered head and neck. I take this opportunity of 

 pointing out that Ibis csthiopica was not the only Ibis 

 mummified by the ancient Egyptians. The Glossy Ibis, 

 Plegadis falcinellus, was apparently also considered " sacred," 

 for I examined several examples, which had been unrolled, 

 at Luxor. 



"2. A mummified Hawk, which is probably either a 

 Kestrel {Cerchneis tinnunculus) or a Red-footed Falcon {Falco 

 vespertinus) , is in too bad a state of preservation to be 

 identified with certainty. I have examined several examples 

 of Falco veapertinus unrolled and exposed for sale at Luxor.'^ 



Mr. NicoLL then exhibited examples of the following 

 birds new to the avifauna of Egypt : — 



'^ 1 . An adult male of the Palestine Warbler [Sylvia 

 melanothorax, Tristram) . 



" This bird was shot by myself on the 1st of March, 1910, 

 ill the Wadi Hof, near Helouan, Province of Giza. 



" The Palestine Warbler was previously known from the 

 Jordan Valley, where Canon Tristram obtained the tjqjes, 

 and from Cyprus, where it appears to be fairly abundant as 

 a breeding species. 



" 2. Two adult males of the Golden-crested Wren [Regulus 

 regulus), which I shot at Giza on the 10th of December, 1910. 

 During the latter part of November and up to the middle of 

 December numbers of Goldcrests frequented some Aleppo 

 pines in the Giza Zoological Gardens. 



" No Goldcrest has previously been recorded from Egypt, 



