18 bulletin: museum of comparative zoology. 



Cyanosylvia svecica volgae (Klemschmidt). 



1 cf , Cairo, Egypt, 12 Dec. 



This may be C. svecica svecica in winter plumage. 



Saxicola torquata rubicola Linne. 

 Pair, Cairo, Egypt, 12 Dec. 



Saxicola torquata maura (Pallas). 



1 d', and 2 9 's, Abiad, Dinder, 14 Feb.; Urn Orug, 16 Feb.; 

 Galegu, 20 Feb. 

 Not common. In open places on grass. 



Oenanthe oenanthe oenanthe (Linne). 



1 cf, Roseires, Blue-Nile, 25 Jan. 



Said to be a common species but we did not find it so. 



Oenanthe hispanica xanthomelaena Hemprich & Ehrenberg. 



2 cf 's and 1 9, x\bu Tiga, Blue-Nile, 7 Feb.; Fazogli, 16 Jan.; 

 Singa, 28 Dec. 



Common in open woods. Shy and seen singly. 



Oenanthe isabellina Cretzschmar. 



1 cf , Sennar, Blue-Nile, 25 Dec. 



Common in durrah fields round Sennar, not seen far south. 



Oenanthe melanoleuca melanoleuca (Giildenstaedt). 



1 d^ and 2 9 's, Mesharat Kuka, Dinder, 9 Feb. ; Singa, Blue- 

 Nile, 28 Dec; Sabonabi, 6 Feb. 

 Fairly common. 



