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Charles Whymper. Egyptian Birds
Egyptian Birds
Table of Contents
FOREWORD
EGYPTIAN BIRDS
THE GRIFFON VULTURE[2], Gyps fulvus Arabic, Rakham
THE EGYPTIAN VULTURE. Neophron percnopterus. Racham, Arabic
THE KESTREL. Falco tinnunculus
THE PARASITIC KITE OR EGYPTIAN KITE. Milvus aegyptius. Arabic, Hiddayer
WHITE OWL, SCREECH OWL. Strix flammea Arabic, Boma buda
THE LITTLE OWL. Carine meridionalis
EGYPTIAN EAGLE OWL. Bubo ascalaphus. Arabic, Buma
THE HOOPOE. Upupa epops. Arabic, Hud Hud
THE KINGFISHER. Alcedo ispida
BLACK AND WHITE KINGFISHER. Ceryle rudis
THE LITTLE GREEN BEE-EATER. Merops viridis
THE SWALLOWS
WHITE WAGTAIL. Motacilla alba
THE CRESTED LARK. Galerita cristata
THE WHITE-RUMPED CHAT. Saxicola leucopygia
ROSY-VENTED CHAT. Saxicola moesta
THE BLUE-THROATED WARBLER. Cyanecula suecica
THE REED WARBLER. Acrocephalus streperus
THE SPARROW. Passer domesticus
THE DESERT BULLFINCH OR TRUMPETER FINCH. Erythrospiza githaginea
HOODED CROW. Corvus cornix
EGYPTIAN TURTLE-DOVE OR PALM DOVE. Turtur senegalensis
SENEGAL SAND-GROUSE. Pterocles senegallus. Arabic, Gutta
SAND PARTRIDGE. Ammoperdix heyi
THE QUAIL. Coturnix communis. Arabic, Salwa
CREAM-COLOURED COURSER. Cursorius gallicus
THE GREEN PLOVER OR LAPWING. Vanellus cristatus
SPUR-WINGED PLOVER. Hoplopterus spinosus. Arabic, Zic-zac
BLACK-HEADED PLOVER. Pluvianus aegyptius. Arabic, Ter el timsah
LITTLE RINGED-PLOVER. Aegialitis minor
THE SNIPE. Gallinago coelestis
THE WOODCOCK. Scolopax rusticula
THE PAINTED SNIPE. Rhynchoea capensis
THE AVOCET. Recurvirostra avocetta
THE SACRED IBIS. Ibis aethiopica
THE CRANE. Grus communis
THE SPOONBILL. Platalea leucorodea
THE STORKS
THE WHITE STORK. Ciconia alba
THE BLACK STORK. Ciconia nigra
THE SHOEBILL OR WHALE-HEADED STORK. Balaeniceps rex. Arabic name, Abu-markub, or Father of a Slipper
THE COMMON HERON. Ardea cinerea
BUFF-BACKED HERON. Ardeola russata
THE NIGHT HERON. Nycticorax griseus
THE FLAMINGO. Phoenicopterus antiquorum. Arabic, Basharoush
GREEN-BACKED GALLINULE. Porphyrio Madagascariensis. Arabic, Digmeh
THE COOT. Fulica atra
THE EGYPTIAN GOOSE. Chenalopex aegyptiacus
PINTAIL-DUCK. Dafila acuta
THE SHOVELLER DUCK. Spatula clypeata
THE TEAL. Querquedula crecca. Arabic, Sharshare
THE WHITE PELICAN. Pelecanus Onocrotalus
THE CORMORANT. Phalacrocorax carbo. Arabic, Agag
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL. Larus fuscus
THE BLACK-HEADED GULL. Larus ridibundus
LIST OF BIRDS
LIST OF THE BIRDS OF EGYPT
INDEX
