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Mr. W. Raw on the 
[Ibis, 
[The only eggs taken of this species were found in a 
building at Abbassia on 30 March, 1894 ; the clutch consisted 
of three, and the eggs are spotted with chestnut brown instead 
of red, and are easily distinguishable from the eggs of II. r. 
savignii. —R. S.] 
104. Apus murinus murinus. Pallid Swift. 
On 12 February, 1917, several were observed flying over 
the Birket Accrashi, where they were noted until 27 February. 
Single birds observed at various times of the year. I never 
identified the European Swift, but probably it also occurs. 
A. m. murinus was common near Lake Karim in March 
1917, and I shot several there. 
[This bird is common at Cairo, and nests in the holes of 
walls in the mosques of the Tombs of the Khalifs. I took 
one clutch of fresh eggs on 1. iv. 10, and found young 
fledged on 27. iv. 09.—R. S.] 
105. Caprimulgus europaeus europseus. European Nightjar. 
The only specimen ever met with at Abu Zabal was shot 
on 18 April, 1919. I found C. e. europceus to be not un¬ 
common near Lake Menzaleh in September 1916. 
106. Caprimulgus aegyptins segyptius. Egyptian Nightjar. 
This species was occasionally seen and obtained at Abu 
Zabal. It is extremely abundant between 18 August and 
the end of September, when bunches of upwards of fifty 
annually appeared on some rough ground near my quarters. 
When walking over this place there seemed to be a Nightjar 
to every yard. Of four which I shot on 9 September, 1917, 
two were males and two females. They were deep in 
moult. 
Major F. W. Borman and Lieut. E. W. Musselwhite found 
two pairs of eggs and shot a bird of this species on 29 May 
at Sidi Salem. The eggs were much incubated, and were 
laid under the shelter of a small bush close up to the roots, 
on some uncultivated ground. 
[This species was common in the desert on 16. iii. 09.— 
R.SO 
