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Notes on the Birds of Safaga
Author(s) -
Bulman Captain J. F. H.
Publication year - 1944
Publication title -
ibis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.933
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1474-919X
pISSN - 0019-1019
DOI - 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1944.tb02211.x
Subject(s) - charadrius , ardea , geography , spring (device) , zoology , shore , fishery , ecology , biology , habitat , heron , mechanical engineering , engineering
Summary.1 A list of birds observed close to the shore at Safaga during the late spring, summer and autumn of 1942 has been compiled. 2 The skins of two species believed not to have been obtained previously on Egyptian territory have been preserved. These belong to Ardea goliath and Butorides striatus.3 A live chick belonging to a pair of Kentish Plovers, Charadrius alexandrinun, was observed on Safaga Island on 13 May. 4 Four European Swallows were observed to spend the summer at Safaga. 5 A detailed account of migration during the autumn of 1942 has been given. This was of small density and appeared to follow the line of the coast.