Boros István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 51. (Budapest 1959)

Horváth, L.: The results of the zoological collecting trip to Egypt in 1957, of the Natural History Museum, Budapest 7. The ornithological results

but the European ones migrate by another route, and the Asiatic birds reach the valley of the Nile only S of Egypt. Wood-ibis (Ibis ibis L.) The occurrence of the wood-ibis in Egypt is of extraordinary interest, since it was never recorded from this area, though A. Brehm writes that „it may possibly occur also in Egypt, as a great rarity." I observed a flock of 12 specimens on the muddy shores of the Nde opposite El Balyana on 21 October. The next day, on 22 October, there were 4 specimens standing on the edge of a large inundated area below Luxor. On 23 October, I sighted probably the same 4 specimens again above the ruins of Thebes, fyling toward S, about 200 m high. Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus falcinellus L.) I met with 2 specimens on the reedy reservoir of the oasis Kom Oshim on 9 October. The appearance of the birds so far S at the beginning of October indicates that these specimens must have belonged to the southernmost population of the species. Tufted Duek (Aythya fuligula L.) I observed a flock of several hundred specimens on the Mariut lagune near Alexandria on 23 November. Its occurrence here at that time coincides with the normal fall migration of the species. Garganey (Anas querquedula L.) I noted 6 specimens on the reservoir of the oasis Kom Oshim 300 km S of the Mediterranean. Its occurrence here coincides with the beginning of the fall migration of the species. Pintail (Anas acuta acuta L.) I observed it only on 10 and 11 October. On the first date, I saw a pair on the Lake Karun ; on the latter date, a pair again on the reservoir of the oasis Kom Oshim. The data of occurrences conform to the start, that is, the beginning of arrival in Egypt of the normal fall migration of the species. Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus L.) Two specimens flew away from a small island upstream of the new bridge at Helwan at 7 a. m. on 17 November. Its occurrence is very interesting faunistically, bacause it is almost extinct in Egypt by now and may be met with most likely in Upper Egypt only.