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to the Ornithology of Egypt. 
they may always be seen sitting under a large straggling 
pepper-tree. During the summer of 1907 this pair reared a 
brood of three young, all of which I saw when they were a 
few days old, in company with their parents. They again 
bred in 1908, and 1 caught a full-grown youngster by 
chasing it at night with a lantern. It became confused by 
the rays of the light, and allowed itself to be picked up. 
This example is still living in our aviaries. 
The down-plumage of (E. senegalensis appears to be much 
more sandy than that of (E . crepitans. 
210. Glareola pratincola. 
Glareola pratincola Shelley, p. 227. 
As soon as the country near Giza becomes inundated by 
the Nile in the autumn Pratincoles appear in great numbers. 
I have seen large flocks near the Pyramids of Giza. A few 
reappear during the spring migration. 
211. Glareola pratincola melanqptera. 
Glareola nordmanni Fischer; Shelley, p. 229. 
At present I consider it advisable to separate the Black¬ 
winged Pratincole as a subspecies, though it seems possible 
that it is only a variety of the common form. Specimens 
having the axillaries and under wing-coverts black occur in 
the Province in the percentage of about one to ten of the 
common form. 
In the black-winged form the secondaries are not tipped 
with white as they are in G. p. pratincola , but in the latter 
these white tips are very narrow indeed. 
212. CtJRSORIUS GALLICUS. 
Cursorius gallicus Shelley, p. 229. 
The Cream-coloured Courser may be frequently met with 
on the edge of the desert near the Pyramids of Giza during 
the winter and early spring. 
In a fresh state the legs of this bird are like those of 
Alcemon alaudipes —china-white with an enamelled appear¬ 
ance. This peculiarity, however, is not noticeable in dried 
skins. 
