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 a 
list (based on daily records) of these birds was prepared and published in 
1908. This list contained 166 species, and has been for some time out of 
print. 
Mr. Nicoll has now prepared a second edition of this list, in which, owing 
to his careful observations and records, he is able to include no less than 
200 species of birds which have appeared in this limited area, 187 of these 
being wild representatives of the avifauna of Egypt, and 13 foreign birds 
which presumably having escaped from captivity in Cairo have come to the 
Zoological Gardens of their own accord. 
Giza, Egypt, 31st December 1911. 
S. S. Flower, 
Director, Government Zoological Gardens. 
