375 
1921 .] Birds of Lower Egypt . 
[At Abbassia on 1 May, 1909, I took a clutch of three 
eggs on which incubation had begun : possibly the produce of 
two females. Eggs were also taken at Luxor on 31 March, 
1910.—R.S.] 
180. Pterocles senegallus. Senegal Sand-Grouse. 
A few inhabit the desert south of Marg, near Abu Zabaal. 
They fly in to drink at the pools of water there during June, 
July, August, and September. There is no doubt that they 
breed there, but I was never able to get far enough out to 
locate them. 
181. Pterocles coronatus. Crowned Sand-Grouse. 
Occurs sparingly and spasmodically at Marg, where I 
have shot several in the breeding-season. On 29 August, 
1917, Mr. Bonhote, Dr. Beven, and myself shot eleven. It 
is a remarkable thing that both this species and P. senegallus 
only come in for water in the early morning, and are never 
seen through the day or in the evening. It doubtless 
breeds on the sand-dunes south of Marg, and my hunting- 
guide, Achmed, said the season was June. 
182. Pterocles senegalensis [==P. exustus auct.]. Singed 
Sand-Grouse. 
I include this species on the authority of a native hunting- 
guide—Achmed Ali Ferahi of Alag—who states that this 
species turns up with the two preceding ones at Marg about 
one year in five. I also heard of Englishmen who had 
obtained it there. Achmed Ali was with me when I shot 
several examples in the Fayum, and he identified it on sight 
and by its call before being shot. In the Fayum it is 
common near Tamiia and at Edwa. 
[I have a pair of eggs of this species taken on an island 
at Ayat on 9 May, 1894. I revisited the island in 1910, but 
failed to see any birds.—R. S.] 
183. Burhinus cedicnemus saliarse. Saharan Stone-Curlew. 
Unlike the following species these birds show a marked 
preference for the open desert, only coming into the cultivation 
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