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to the Ornithology of Egypt. 
the early spring of 1909 Mr. Bonhote and I saw a pair near 
Aburoash, and on searching the spot from which they were 
disturbed found [feathers and pellets containing the remains 
of Nightjars ( Caprimulgus cegyptius). 
133. Bubo ascalaphus desertorum Erlanger. 
Bubo ascalaphus desertorum Erlanger, Orn. Monatsb. v. 
p. 192 (1897). 
I have an Eagle-Owl now alive at my house which I 
purchased during the summer of 1907 from a native, who 
told me that he caught it at the Giza Pyramids. This bird, 
which is larger, paler, and less thickly marked with black 
than typical B. ascalaphus , is comparable to a specimen 
picked up dead by Capt. Elower near the Giza Pyramids 
and now in the Tring Museum. These two birds answer 
to the description of B. a. desertorum , and for this reason 
I for the present place them under that name. They 
are certainly very distinct from typical specimens of 
B. a. ascalaphus. 
Bubo a. desertorum is beautifully figured in Whitaker's 
f Birds of Tunisia/ vol. ii. p. 80. 
134. Athene noctua glaux. 
Carine meridionalis Shelley, p. 178. 
The southern form of the Little Owl is resident and 
extremely abundant in the Province. It may frequently be 
heard and seen during the daytime, but becomes more active 
and noisy at dusk and dawn. 
The usual number of a brood of this species is four. I have 
frequently seen these Owls catch the lizards ( Agama stellio) 
which are extremely abundant in the Zoological Gardens, 
where they were introduced from Alexandria. A number of 
passerine birds are killed annually in our aviaries by these 
Owls, which strike at them through the wire netting. 
135. Gyps eulvus. 
Gyps fulvus Shelley, p. 210. 
A large Vulture which was apparently of this species was 
seen circling over the Zoological Gardens on the 17th of 
December, 1904. 
