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82. Corn-Bunting, Emberiza calandra calandra. 
Emberiza miliaria , S. 144. 
No positive records. 
83. Ortolan, Emberiza hortulana. 
S. 145. 
One seen in the Gardens on 18th April 1909 and one on 16 th March 
1910. 
84. Cretzschmar’s Bunting, Emberiza caesia. 
S. 146. 
A regular visitor during the autumn migration. Not yet seen in 
spring. 
85. Hooded Crow, Corvus cornix cornix. 
S. 159. 
Abundant and resident. Nests in tall trees in the Gardens. Collects 
in parties towards sunset time; as many as 66 crows have been 
counted thus collected together. 
86. Starling, Sturnus vulgaris subsp. ? 
S. 157. 
On 10th December 1908 ten starlings were seen flying over the Gar¬ 
dens, and on 22nd November 1909 three more were observed under 
the same conditions. Three forms of starlings are known to occur 
in Egypt, i.e. S. v. vulgaris , S. v. purpuraseens and S. v. poltaratsJcyi; 
but unless one has the birds in the hand it is impossible to identify 
them. 
87. Grey Sky-Lark, Alauda arvensis cinerea* 
Alauda arvensis , S. 139. 
Alauda arvensis cinerea , Hartert, Vog. der pal. Fauna, Heft III, 
p. 247 (1905). 
A winter visitor to Egypt, occasionally seen flying over the Gardens. 
* Another sub-species of Skylark, Alauda arvensis cantarella , is found in Egypt in the 
winter. Those seen in the Gardens may belong to this or to the previously mentioned 
form, but as no examples have been obtained in the Gardens it is impossible to say for 
certain. 
