r- 2.5 - 
H. S. 519. 
Sometimes seen during the winter months. 
141. ? Grey Crane, Grus communis . 
H. S. 521.1 
Grus cinerea, S. 263. 
142. ? Demoiselle Crane, Grus virqo. 
<S. 264. 
Flocks of several hundred Cranes have at times flown high over the 
Gardens, probably of both the above species. 
143. Stone-Curlew, Oedicnemus scolopax . 1 
H. S. 529. 
Oedicnemus crepitans, S. 230. 
Common and resident. A pair bred wild in the Gardens during the 
summer of 1907, and reared three young. 
This species’ 5 bred regularly on the roof of Giza Palace (adjoining 
the Gardens) till that building was demolished. 
144. Pratincole, Glareola pratincola pratincola. 
Glareola pratincola, S. 227. 
Glareola pratincola , H. S. 531 
144. a Black-winged Pratincole, Glareola pratincola melanoptera. 
Glareola Nordmanni, S. 229. 
Glareola melanoptera, H. S., “ British Birds Magazine,” Yol. I., page 15 
(1907). 
Pratincole, of one or both of the above forms, are seen at times over 
the fields outside the west wall of the Gardens ; and during the 
nights of the 18th and 21st of October 1907 Pratincole were heard 
flying over the Gardens themselves. 
145. (Ringed Plover, Mgialitis hiaticola intermedia). 
Mgialitis intermedins, S. 242. 
Several seen oustide the Main Gate of the Gardens during October 
and November 1908. At present we deem it advisable to use the 
above name for the Egyptian Ringed Plover, as all examples so far 
obtained by us in Egypt are smaller than typical Mgialitis hiaticola. 
146. (Little Ringed Plover, Mgialitis curonica). 
H. S. 541 
