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140. Gypaetus barbatus. 
Dr. A. Leith Adams in his 4 Notes of a Naturalist in the 
Nile Valley and Malta* (1870), p. 20, mentions having seen 
an individual on Nov. 14th, 1863, on the summit of the 
Great Pyramid of Giza. 
141. Circus vEruginosus. 
Circus eeruginosus Shelley, p. 181. 
The Marsh-Harrier is not uncommon in the Province, 
where I have often met with it hawking over the Birseam 
fields. 
142. Circus cineraceus. 
Circus cineraceus Shelley, p. 184. 
I do not believe Montagues Harrier to be uncommon in 
the Province, but as specimens of all the Harriers are very 
difficult to obtain and it is not easy to identify them on the 
wing, at all events in immature plumage : it is, therefore, hard 
to say whether the present species or the Pallid Harrier is 
the commoner. Gn April 18th, 1908, a fine adult Montagu’s 
Harrier was brought in to me alive by a Bedouin who had 
caught it at Aburoash. As regards the breeding of this species 
in the Province I can say nothing, as I have no actual 
records of nests of any of the Harriers being found here. 
143. Circus swainsoni. 
Circuspallidus Shelley, p. 183. 
An adult male Pallid Harrier was presented alive to the 
Gardens by H.H. Prince Kamal el Din Pacha on Dec. 29th, 
1908. I have on one or two occasions during the winter 
months identified individuals of this handsome Harrier 
flying over the Birseam fields. On the 6th of September and 
the 22nd of October, 1908, I saw adult examples of this bird 
flying over the Zoological Gardens. 
144. Buteo vulgaris desertorum. 
Buteo desertorum Shelley, p. 201. 
This form of the Common Buzzard is resident and not un¬ 
common in the Province, where it breeds. I have not met 
with typical B . vulgaris in Egypt up to the present time. 
