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Nature, Gardens & Animals
Egyptian Birds
Charles Whymper
177 pages~3 hr 32 min read61 chapters$4.99
Along the Nile the sky fills with hunters and scavengers ancient Egypt knew by name. Whymper paints and describes the birds of Egypt, from the griffon and Egyptian vultures to the kestrel and the kite, each with its habits and Arabic name. A field artist's colorful record. Look up at the birds of the pharaohs' land.
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Inside this book
61 chapters
- 1E G Y P T I A N B I R D S FOR THE MOST PART SEEN IN THE NILE VALLEY
- 2FOREWORD
- 3LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 4EGYPTIAN BIRDS
- 5THE GRIFFON VULTURE[2], Gyps fulvus Arabic, Rakham.
- 6THE EGYPTIAN VULTURE Neophron percnopterus Racham, Arabic
- 7THE KESTREL Falco tinnunculus
- 8THE PARASITIC KITE OR EGYPTIAN KITE Milvus aegyptius Arabic, Hiddayer
- 9WHITE OWL, SCREECH OWL Strix flammea Arabic, Boma buda
- 10THE LITTLE OWL Carine meridionalis
- 11EGYPTIAN EAGLE OWL Bubo ascalaphus Arabic, Buma
- 12THE HOOPOE Upupa epops Arabic, Hud Hud
- 13THE KINGFISHER Alcedo ispida
- 14BLACK AND WHITE KINGFISHER Ceryle rudis
- 15THE LITTLE GREEN BEE-EATER Merops viridis
- 16THE SWALLOWS
- 17WHITE WAGTAIL Motacilla alba
- 18THE CRESTED LARK Galerita cristata
+ 43 more. The full contents open with the book.
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