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194 birds. 
35. Anas damiatica. The Damiatick Duck. 
36. Anas nilotica. The Duck of the Nile. 
37. Mergus Albellus. The White Nun. 
38. Larus fmyrnenlis. The Smyrna Gull. 
39. Larus canefcens. The Grey Gull. 
40. Sterna nigricans. The Black Sea Swallow. 
41. Sterna nilotica. The Egyptian Sea Swallow. 
42. Nuonida Meleagris. The Guinea Hen. 
43. Tetrao orieutalis. The Oriental Partridge. 
44. Tetrao Coturnix. The Quail. 
45. Columboe varice. Several forts of Pigeons. 
46. Alauda hifpanica. The Spanilh Lark. 
47. Sturnus vulgaris. The Starling. 
48. Emberiza inelitenfis. The Eaftern Bunting. 
49. Emberiza africana. The African Bunting. 
50. Motacilla yvica. The Wagtail from Yvica. 
51. Motacilla. The llcd-breafted Wagtail. 
5 2. Motacilla hifpanica. The Spanilh Wagtail- 
14. Vultus Percnopterus a . The Egyptian Vultur. 
T HEY light in great flocks on the lay-lbA 1 * 
near the city of Cairo, and there promd^' 
ouily feed, together with the Dogs and otiw 
beads, on dead carcafes and other offal. They » 
femble with the Kites every mornmg and even'?*’ 
in the fquare called Rolmeli, below the caftle (w W 
is the place for executing capital offenders) there 
receive the alms of freflt meat, left them by the 1 
gacies of wealthy great men. . , , , ;l n 
The appearance of the brrd is as horrid as * 
well be imagined, viz. The face is naked ’ ^ 
wrinkled, the eyes are large and b.ack, the , 
black and hooked, the talons large, and extent 
ready 
^ Lin. Syft. Nat. P. 87. N. 6. 
