Egyptian Birds / For the most part seen in the Nile Valley

by Charles Whymper

236. Large Sand-Plover (Aegialitis geoffroyi). Met with only on sea-coast.

237. Mongolian Sand-Plover (Aegialitis mongolicus). Very rare.

238. African Sand-Plover (Aegialitis pecuarius). Not common.

239. Kentish Plover (Aegialitis cantianus). Very common everywhere.

240. Greater Ringed Plover (Aegialitis hiaticula). Rare.

241. Middle Ringed Plover (Aegialitis intermedius). Common in Delta.

242. Little Ringed Plover (Aegialitis minor). Very common everywhere.

243. Oyster-Catcher (Haematopus ostralegus). Common on sea-coast.

244. Curlew (Numenius arquata). Common in Delta.

245. Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus). Met with sparingly in Nile Valley.