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19 . Upupa Pyrrhocorax f . The black Hoop. 
This is of the fize of the Jackdaw, lives in the 
fields and houfes of lower Egypt, during the 
Months of September and Oftober, on the decreafe 
°f the Nile. It eats an infeft peculiar to Egypt, and 
n ear a kin to the Cock-Roach (Blatta). 
2o < Corvus aegyptius viridi maculatus, dorfo medio 
cteruleo. The Egyptian Crow. 
It is of the fize of a lark; it lives in the trees of 
Egypt, feeds on infe&s. I have found the remains 
°f Scorpions and Scolopendras in its ftomach. 
21. Picus minors. The Leffer Woodpecker. 
Thi s is of the fize of a Lark ; the female is a lit- 
bigger than the male. The peafants of Natolia 
it to Smyrna. I can fcarcely believe that this 
fiird' 
migrates. 
22. Alcedo rudisk The Perfian Kings-fifher. 
It is found in Egypt, near the banks of the Nile, 
catches fifli by diving with its long beak under 
water, in the fame manner as do the Sea Gulls 
lEarus). 
2 3 - Alcedo mgyptia. The Egyptian Kings-fifher. 
. It is found in Lower Egypt, and builds its neils 
rile Date-trees and Sycamores about Cairo; feed- 
ln g on the frogs, infefts, and little filh, which it 
' Lin. Syft. Nat. P. 1x8. N. 4. e p. ,, 4 . N. 13. b P. 
l6 - N. 6. 
gets 
