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

by Charles Whymper

246. Slender-billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris). Rare.

247. Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa aegocephala). Not uncommon.

248. Ruff (Machetes pugnax). Common throughout Egypt.

249. Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola). Now more frequently recorded than formerly.

250. Solitary Snipe (Gallinago major). Rare.

251. Common Snipe (Gallinago media). Common everywhere.

252. Jack Snipe (Gallinago gallinula). Common.

253. Painted Snipe (Rhynchaea capensis). Fairly common throughout.

254. Little Stint (Tringa minuta). Very abundant.

255. Temminck’s Stint (Tringa temminckii). Rather rare.