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205. Fulica atra. 
Fulica atra Shelley, p. 278. 
The Common Coot is very abundant in the Province 
during the inundation of the Nile. It occasionally occurs 
in the Zoological Gardens during the winter. 
We have never met with Fulica cristata. 
206. Grus commtjnis. 
Grus drierea Shelley, p. 263. 
Common during migration. 
207. Grus virgo. 
Grus virgo Shelley, p. 264. 
Although I have never seen the Demoiselle Crane in 
Egypt there is no doubt that it passes through the Province 
during its migrations. 
208. CEdicnemus crepitans. 
CEdicnemus crepitans Shelley, p. 230. 
The Stone-Curlew is undoubtedly a breeding species, as 
we have several living in the aviaries of the Zoological 
Gardens which were brought in by Bedouins when quite 
young. I fancy, however, that GE. senegalensis is the 
commoner species. 
209. CEdicnemus senegalensis. 
CEdicnemus scolopax Flower & Nicoll, Special Report No. 3, 
Zoological Gardens, Giza (1908), p. 25. 
This species appears to be a common resident in the 
Province, and I have every reason to believe that the 
majority, if not all, of those which frequent the Zoological 
Gardens belong to this form. Certainly the pair mentioned 
in our Report of the Wild Birds of the Giza Gardens 
(p. 25) belong to it, and so do all others which I have seen 
here since at close enough quarters to identify them with 
certainty. So far as I can ascertain, this species has not 
before been recorded in Egypt north of Aswan. 
A pair which live wild in the Giza Zoological Gardens 
frequent a large Ostrich enclosure, where throughout the day 
