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Mr. W. Raw on the 
[Ibis, 
165. Anas penelope. Wigeon. 
Even scarcer than the following species, but several 
obtained in the . winter months. Also abundant in the 
Fay Am in March. 
166. Anas acuta acuta. Pintail. 
Seen sparingly at the Birket Accrashi, where I obtained 
several at various dates, including one example in eclipse 
plumage. 
167. Anas angustirostris. Marbled Duck. 
Dr. Beven, of Cairo, shot a specimen at Marg, near 
Abu Zabaal, on 24 September, 1917, in my presence. 
He presented this bird to me, and it is now in my 
collection. A pair of birds seen in the Wadi Natrun on 
23 May, 1918. 
[Mr. Nicoll had a female sent to him from the Wadi 
Natrun, shot 3 May, 1910, with well-developed ovaries, so it 
is probable that this species breeds in Egypt.—R. S.] 
168. Spatula clypeata. Shoveler. 
Extremely abundant. Large numbers are shot annually 
on the Birket Accrashi, where they begin to arrive in Sep¬ 
tember, the main body leaving in March-April. 
169. Netta rufina. Red-crested Pochard. 
I shot a fine male which was consorting with the Pochards 
mentioned below on 27 March, 1912. This was the only 
specimen met with. 
170. Nyroca ferina ferina. Pochard. 
Occasionally shot, but never very numerous at Abu 
Zabaal, except in some deep pools in the base of the stone 
quarries, where about twenty were observed on 27 March, 
1919. A few always winter there. 
171. Nyroca nyroca nyroca. Ferruginous Duck. 
Fairly numerous every winter, and a few generally to be 
seen or flushed out of the reeds on the Birket Accrashi from 
October to March. 
