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Mr. W. Raw on the 
[Ibis, 
and a thriving; lot breed wild in the grounds of the Zoo- 
logical Gardens at Giza, where they lay in May and June, 
rearing two broods annually. They are also re-established 
in the Fayum Province, where they are also protected. 
155. Ardeola ralloides. Squacco Heron. 
Squacco Herons appear annually on the Birket Accrashi 
in small parties about the end of March, remaining until the 
middle of May. I appear to have no notes of having observed 
this species in the autumn. 
156. Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax. Night Heron. 
Single birds and small parties observed on the Birket 
Accrashi at various times throughout the year, being most 
often seen in October and November. The only breeding- 
colony I know of in Egypt is that in the Zoological Gardens 
at Giza, where I saw young birds about three days old on 
8 July, 1916. The same colony had young birds in nests in 
the banyan-trees on 10 June, 1917. I suspect the existence 
of another colony somewhere in the neighbourhood of Kafr 
Aydub, near Zagazig. 
157. Ixobrychus minutus minutus. Little Bittern. 
Resident and fairly numerous, although not often seen. 
I took two clutches of four eggs each at Inchas on 11 May, 
1916, which were half-incubated, and found that this date 
was consistent in subsequent seasons. 
[This species builds a slight nest of rushes in high reeds 
over deepish water. My dates do not quite agree with 
those of Mr. Raw, unless the species is double-brooded. Out 
of nine nests observed at Inchas, three contained five and 
six four eggs. Fresh eggs 12 May, 4 and 15 June ; incubated 
eggs 29 and 31 May.-—R. S.] 
158. Botaurus stellaris stellaris. Bittern. 
I first met with this species on 16 April, 1916, when I shot 
one on the Birket Accrashi. Later I discovered that it 
wintered there. In November 1917 I counted nineteen on the 
wing together, which had been flushed by beaters when 
duck-shooting. 
