birds. 
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35- Anas daraiatica grifea, roftro apice piano lato 
rotundato. The Damiatick Duck. 
It is of the fize of the common Duck. It is found 
fiear the fea coafts of Egypt, and is very common 
ht the Mediterranean ; but particularly in the Bay 
ft ea.r Damiata, and between Alexandria and Ro- 
f etta ; near the harbour Bichie, where they are 
Ca ught with nets alive. 
3 6 . Anas nilotica. The Duck of the Nile. 
The neck and upper part of the head are white, 
v dth grey fpots, and a grey line runs lengthways 
behind the eyes ; the bread is greyifh, with black 
Stipes running acrofs it; the belly and thighs are 
°f the fame colour, but at the fides of the belly are 
dune grey oblong ftripes. It is met with wild in 
iJpper Egypt, and nowhere elfe, if not perhaps in 
the Red Sea. The Arabians call it Bah. It is ea- 
% tamed, and is kept in Egypt with the common 
Deefe. 
37. Mergus Albellus 1 . The White Nun. 
I had this brought from the ifland Tinus: it 
hves in the North during the fummer months. 
38. Larus fmyrnenfis. The Smyrna Gull. 
The upper parts of the beak, head, neck, back, 
' V! ngs and tail, are black, but the lower parts are 
' v hite ; the membrane of the toes, and the inward 
r Lin. Syft. Nat P. 129. N. 4. 
toes, 
