114 BIRDS OF EUROPE AND NORTH AFRICA 



A. galactotes syriacus (Hemprich and Ehrenberg). Upper 

 parts brownish grey with only slight red tinge, rump and upper 

 tail coverts brown red ; beneath greyer. 



Breeds.— Balkan Peninsula, Ionian Islands, Greece to Asia 

 Minor, Palestine (north of Lebanon), Syria. Rare visitor to west 

 of Europe. Winters S. Arabia and N.E. Africa (recorded Kenya 

 Colony in March). 



A. galactotes familiaris (Menetries). Upper parts grey 

 brown, no red tinge, rump and tail duller ; underparts paler. 



Breeds. — S. Caucasus to N.W. India. Occurred once 

 Heligoland. 



SCOTOCERCA. 



Small pale brown Warblers with .short rounded tail of lo 

 feathers ; inhabit bare stony hills, restless, gliding from bush 

 to bush, stone to stone, or running up boughs like Creeper, 

 sit with tail vertical, expanding and jerking it, repeatedly 

 rising from perch, poising and dropping again. Nest, globular, 

 in a bush; eggs white with small red spots. 



Scotocerca inquieta inquieta (Cretzschmar). 



(^ $ Above brownish buff striated with black, faintly on back, 

 more distinctly on head, space before and behind eye dark brown, 

 tail dark brown faintly barred, outer pair feathers shorter with 

 broader white tips ; beneath white, reddish buff on flanks, and 

 with dark shaft streaks on throat. Iris yellow. Bill dark 

 brown. Legs and feet yellowish brown. Wing (J 48-50, 9 

 46-47. Tail 50. Tarsus 19. Culmen 11-5 (H.). 



Resident. — N. Egypt, Arabia, S. Palestine. 



S. inquieta saharae (Loche). Slightly paler (especially in 

 summer when bleached) ; a desert form. Feet light orange. 

 Iris pale greenish yellow. Young : iris grey blue, tarsi reddish. 



Resident. — Algeria, Tunisia (south of Atlas) to Cyrenaica. 



Prinia. 



Small brown Warblers with long graduated tail of 10 

 feathers ; restless habits ; nest purse-shaped or oval with side 

 entrance, in fork of bush or woven among reeds; eggs 

 variable, greenish or bluish white, thickly dotted with red. 



