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 tcuTHyaiitus. Great Black-headed Gull. 
Rather common on Lake Birket-el-Kardin, sometimes seen 
on the Suez Canal, but never on the Nile or Lake Menzaleh. 
115. Larus gipipunpus. Black-headed Gull. 
Very plentiful at all times of the year on the Adriatic and 
Tonian waters; also abundant throughout the Mediterranean, 
in the harbours of Alexandria aud Port Said, on the Suez 
Canal, and on the lakes of Birket-el-Kardn 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-Karin; 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. Carso promaa. 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-Kardn and all along the 
Nile. In incredible numbers on Lake Menzaleh. In Pales- 
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