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Egyptian Birds

by Charles Whymper

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Author
Whymper, Charles, 1853-1941
Title
Egyptian Birds For the most part seen in the Nile Valley
Credits
Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
QL: Science: Zoology
Subject
Birds -- Egypt
Category
Text
eBook-No.
46825
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46825
Release Date
September 9, 2014
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.E G Y P T I A N B I R D S FOR THE MOST PART SEEN IN THE NILE VALLEY
  2. 2.FOREWORD
  3. 3.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  4. 4.EGYPTIAN BIRDS
  5. 5.THE GRIFFON VULTURE [2] , Gyps fulvus Arabic, Rakham .
  6. 6.THE EGYPTIAN VULTURE Neophron percnopterus Racham , Arabic
  7. 7.THE KESTREL Falco tinnunculus
  8. 8.THE PARASITIC KITE OR EGYPTIAN KITE Milvus aegyptius Arabic, Hiddayer
  9. 9.WHITE OWL, SCREECH OWL Strix flammea Arabic, Boma buda
  10. 10.THE LITTLE OWL Carine meridionalis
  11. 11.EGYPTIAN EAGLE OWL Bubo ascalaphus Arabic, Buma
  12. 12.THE HOOPOE Upupa epops Arabic, Hud Hud
  13. 13.THE KINGFISHER Alcedo ispida
  14. 14.BLACK AND WHITE KINGFISHER Ceryle rudis
  15. 15.THE LITTLE GREEN BEE-EATER Merops viridis
  16. 16.THE SWALLOWS
  17. 17.WHITE WAGTAIL Motacilla alba
  18. 18.THE CRESTED LARK Galerita cristata
  19. 19.THE WHITE-RUMPED CHAT Saxicola leucopygia
  20. 20.ROSY-VENTED CHAT Saxicola moesta
  21. 21.THE BLUE-THROATED WARBLER Cyanecula suecica
  22. 22.THE REED WARBLER Acrocephalus streperus
  23. 23.THE SPARROW Passer domesticus
  24. 24.THE DESERT BULLFINCH OR TRUMPETER FINCH Erythrospiza githaginea
  25. 25.HOODED CROW Corvus cornix
  26. 26.EGYPTIAN TURTLE-DOVE OR PALM DOVE Turtur senegalensis
  27. 27.SENEGAL SAND-GROUSE Pterocles senegallus Arabic, Gutta
  28. 28.SAND PARTRIDGE Ammoperdix heyi
  29. 29.THE QUAIL Coturnix communis Arabic, Salwa
  30. 30.CREAM-COLOURED COURSER Cursorius gallicus
  31. 31.THE GREEN PLOVER OR LAPWING Vanellus cristatus
  32. 32.SPUR-WINGED PLOVER Hoplopterus spinosus Arabic, Zic-zac
  33. 33.BLACK-HEADED PLOVER Pluvianus aegyptius Arabic, Ter el timsah
  34. 34.LITTLE RINGED-PLOVER Aegialitis minor
  35. 35.THE SNIPE Gallinago coelestis
  36. 36.THE WOODCOCK Scolopax rusticula
  37. 37.THE PAINTED SNIPE Rhynchoea capensis
  38. 38.THE AVOCET Recurvirostra avocetta
  39. 39.THE SACRED IBIS Ibis aethiopica
  40. 40.THE CRANE Grus communis
  41. 41.THE SPOONBILL Platalea leucorodea
  42. 42.THE WHITE STORK Ciconia alba
  43. 43.THE BLACK STORK Ciconia nigra
  44. 44.THE SHOEBILL OR WHALE-HEADED STORK Balaeniceps rex Arabic name, Abu-markub , or Father of a Slipper
  45. 45.THE COMMON HERON Ardea cinerea
  46. 46.BUFF-BACKED HERON Ardeola russata
  47. 47.THE NIGHT HERON Nycticorax griseus
  48. 48.THE FLAMINGO Phoenicopterus antiquorum Arabic, Basharoush
  49. 49.GREEN-BACKED GALLINULE Porphyrio Madagascariensis Arabic, Digmeh
  50. 50.THE COOT Fulica atra
  51. 51.THE EGYPTIAN GOOSE Chenalopex aegyptiacus
  52. 52.PINTAIL-DUCK Dafila acuta
  53. 53.THE SHOVELLER DUCK Spatula clypeata
  54. 54.THE TEAL Querquedula crecca Arabic, Sharshare
  55. 55.THE WHITE PELICAN Pelecanus Onocrotalus
  56. 56.THE CORMORANT Phalacrocorax carbo Arabic, Agag
  57. 57.LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL Larus fuscus
  58. 58.THE BLACK-HEADED GULL Larus ridibundus
  59. 59.LIST OF BIRDS — LIST OF THE BIRDS OF EGYPT
  60. 60.INDEX

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