370 Mr. E. Cavendisli Taylor on Birds of Egypt. 
those of Gizeh without obtaining either birds or eggs. On 
March 34^ 1870^ I took a nest containing five eggs of this 
species on the third Pyramid of Gizeh. I saw the parent bird 
fly off the nest_, but did not get a shot at it. The eggs were 
much incubated^ and pale in colour, I searched for the nest 
on the occasion of my last visit to the pyramids of^Gizeh^ on 
the 31st of March last_, but did not find it. I saw, however, 
a pair of Lanners soaring round the summit of the third 
Pyramid; and the male bird was brought to me at Cairo a few 
days after by an Arab. A pair of Lanners also frequent, 
and, doubtless; annually breed on, the northern pyramid of 
Dashoor. I have noticed that in this species the sexes differ 
less in size than in any other species of Falcon with which 
I am acquainted. 
Bubo ascalaphus (Sav.). Egyptian Eagle-Owl. 
This fine Owl also frequents, and annually breeds on, the 
Pyramids of Gizeh. On March 34, 1870,1 shot a male; and 
on March 31 of the present year I got a nest containing two 
eggs, together with the female bird, on the third Pyramid. 
This Owl lays only two eggs. 
Centropus .EGYPTius (Gm.). Egyptian Coucal. 
I have never met with this bird since my first visit to Egypt 
in 1854, when I shot a specimen in the Delta. I have lately 
been told, on perfectly trustworthy authority, that it is espe¬ 
cially common about Bosetta, a locality little visited by 
Egyptian travellers. 
CucuLus CANORUS, Linn. Common Cuckoo.' 
Very abundant near Damietta on April 18. 
Yunx torquilla, Linn. Wryneck. 
In great numbers all about Damietta on April 18. 
Lanius lahtora, Sykes. Pallid Shrike. 
Very local, but abundant in certain localities. I saw a 
great number of these Shrikes close to the railway-line be¬ 
tween the stations of Chibin el Kanater and Belbeis, on the 
direct Cairo and Zagazig line, on my journey both to and 
from Ismailia at the beginning of last April. They were 
