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Egyptian Birds. Foreword. List of Illustrations.
The Griffon Vulture, The Egyptian Vulture, The Kestrel, The Parasitic Kite or Egyptian Kite, White Owl, Screech Owl, The Little Owl, Egyptian Eagle Owl, The Hoopoe, The Kingfisher, Black and White Kingfisher, The Little Green Bee-eater, The Swallows, White Wagtail, The Crested Lark, The White-rumped Chat, Rosy-vented Chat, The Blue-throated Warbler, The Reed Warbler, The Sparrow, The Desert Bullfinch or Trumpeter Finch, Hooded Crow, Egyptian Turtle-dove or Palm Dove, Senegal Sand-grouse, Sand Partridge, The Quail, Cream-coloured Courser, The Green Plover or Lapwing, Spur-winged Plover, Black-headed Plover, Little Ringed-plover, The Snipe, The Woodcock, The Painted Snipe, The Avocet, The Sacred Ibis, The Crane, The Spoonbill, The Storks, The White Stork, The Black Stork, The Shoebill or Whale-headed Stork, The Common Heron, Buff-backed Heron, The Night Heron, The Flamingo, Green-backed Gallinule, The Coot, The Egyptian Goose, Pintail-duck, The Shoveller Duck, The Teal, The White Pelican, The Cormorant, Lesser Black-backed Gull, The Black-headed Gull.
List of Birds. Index: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W.
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EGYPTIAN BIRDS
IN THE SAME SERIES.
EGYPT PAINTED AND DESCRIBED BY R. TALBOT KELLY R.I., R.B.A., F.R.G.S., F.Z.S. Containing 75 Full-page Illustrations in Colour. Price 20s. net. (Post free, price 20s. 6d.)
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COOT The Sacred Lake, Karnak.
E G Y P T I A N B I R D S FOR THE MOST PART SEEN IN THE NILE VALLEY
BY CHARLES WHYMPER LONDON ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK 1909
DEDICATED TO His Highness The Khedive IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF MUCH PERSONAL KINDNESS AND INTEREST SHOWN TO THE AUTHOR