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little. Some naturalists consider that A. cervinus and A. 

 pratensis are not to be distinguished in winter, but there is 

 an appreciable difference in the colour of the back. I am 

 not aware that I saw any Pipits at the Faioum. 



97. Water Pipit, Antlius spipoktta (Linn.). 



I shot one at Mientanosara, near Ziftey, February 6th, 

 and bought another in the market at Cairo. 



98. Tawny Pipit, Anthus campestris (Linn.). 



Is rather common. Specimens shot out of a flock on 

 March 12th were in winter plumage, while some shot before 

 were in breeding plumage. I never saw it perch on trees, 

 which the Anthus cervinus sometimes does. 



99. White-winged Wagtail, Motacilla vidua, Sund. 



A specimen was obtained at the First Cataract, where 

 everybody meets with it : but it appears that it is not very 

 common even at this, its northern limit, or we should have 

 shot more than one. 



100. White Wagtail, Motacilla alba, Linn. ; 

 " Abu fasada." 



This is by far the commonest bird in the Delta in the 

 winter. And really they rather pall on you after a time, 

 for one sees White Wagtails at every step, in every field, 

 on every pathway, and frequently in company with Sand- 

 pipers on the sand-banks — singly, in pairs, in family parties, 

 in flocks of hundreds ; and sometimes they came upon the 

 Diabeyha. A large flock will generally have some Red- 



