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I. PREFACE. 
The Giza Zoological Gardens occupy an area of about 50 feddans 
(roughly 52 acres, or 21 hectares), on the left bank of the Nile, 
opposite the city of Cairo. 
One of the chief attractions of these Gardens is the large 
number of wild birds which frequent them, and in response to 
enquiries from visitors the present list (based on daily records) 
has-been prepared. 
For the last ten years the greatest possible care has been 
taken to encourage the wild birds, and their numbers, both in 
species and individuals, seem to have increased considerably. 
It is a remarkable fact that no less than 166 species should have 
appeared in this limited area of their own accord. 
There is a prevalent idea among visitors from Europe that 
Egypt is deficient in singing birds. In a recently published book 
on Egypt it is stated : “ Songbirds—there are none in Egypt ” : 
a visit to the Giza Gardens when the Nightingale, the Rufous 
Warbler and the Olivaceous Warbler are in song will at once 
dispel this illusion. 
References to Capt. G. E. Shelley’s “Birds of Egypt,” 1872, 
are indicated by the letter S and the number of the page. Refer¬ 
ences to the late Mr. Howard Saunders’s “ Manual of British 
Birds,” 2nd edition, 1899, are indicated by the letters H.S. and 
the number of the page. Other references are given in full. 
