20 Dr. A. L. Adams on the Birds of Egypt and Nubia. 



Petrocincla cyanea. 



The Blue Thrush is not, apparently, common in Egypt. I 

 procured one among the rocks at the First Cataract, but saw no 

 more. 



Pycnonotus arsinoe (Licht.). — P. L. S. 



This Bulbul is common in winter among the palm-trees at 

 Wadee Halfeh, below the Second Cataract, which is probably its 

 northern limit, as I failed in observing it further dawn. The 

 plumage of both sexes is exactly alike. The male measures 

 8 inches, the female 7| in. in length. Generally seen in pairs, 

 flitting among the palm-branches. Its mellow chirping note 

 sounded sweetly through the grove, and brought back old asso- 

 ciations of the Himalayan and Indian jungles, where I had been 

 familiar with several of its close allies, to wit, the P. hcemorrhous, 

 which it resembles, except in not having the red vent of that 

 species. 



AnTHUS RUFIGULARIS. 



Is very common in fields both in Egypt and Nubia. The red 

 throat in both sexes varies very much in extent and intensity ; 

 specimens may be procured scarcely different from A. pratensis ; 

 it is, however, at least, a permanent race, and comes in at Malta 

 in spring, after the other species (which is a winter resident) has 

 left. Its call is softer and more prolonged than that of the 

 Titlark. The male, in the flesh, measures 6 inches, the female 

 5^§ in. in length. 



BUDYTES FLAVA. 



Is common in flocks in fields, among long grass and grain, 

 all over Egypt to the Pirst Cataract. Experience shows that B. 

 cinereocapilla and B. melanocephala are most probably only varie- 

 ties of this species. At Thebes, in December, I procured several 

 individuals from one flock, in which the white streak above and 

 behind the eye was wanting; the heads of the males varying 

 from a lead-grey to olive-brown among many which had all the 

 characters of B. flava. I have observed the same in Malta in 

 April and September, during the birds' migrations, and at that 

 time procured individuals with leaden-black heads, among 

 others which might be considered good specimens of B. flava and 



