58 Mr. E. C. Taylor — Egypt Revisited. 



48. Lanius AURicuLATUs, P. L. S. Miiller ; L. ruf us, T^tmm. 

 Woodchat. 



Occasionally shot in March, but not common. 



49. Lanius nubicus, Lichtensteiu ; L. personatus, Temm. 

 Masked Shrike. 



I first saw this species in Upper Egypt about the end of 

 February, when it had probably just arrived. It afterward 

 became very abundant, and was generally in pairs, but I do not 

 think it had begun to breed by the end of March. The species 

 is accurately figured by Dr. Bree (Birds of Europe, i. p. 161). 



At Smyrna and Constantinople, whither I went on leaving 

 Eoypt, I found none of the three above-named Shrikes, but 

 Lanius minor and L. colliirio instead. 



50. TuRDUS Musicus, L. Song-Thrush. 

 Shot two or three times in February. 



51. Petrocincla cyana (L.). Blue Rock-Thrush. 

 Tolerably common all through the winter, especially frequent- 

 ing rocks and ruins. 



52. Petrocincla SAXATiLis' (L.). Rock-Thrush. 



I suspect that this species is a spring visitant ; for I did not 

 meet with it till about the middle of March, when I saw a fine 

 male in the temple of Karnak. I afterwards found it common 

 at Damietta in the month of April. 



53. Saxicola leucocephala (A. E. Brehm). Whiteheaded 

 Chat. 



Egypt is a fine country for Chats ; and while there I devoted a 

 good deal of attention to that family of birds, and obtained a 

 good many species. I must say that I see no good reason for 

 separating the genus Bromolma from the old-established one of 

 Saxicola. I think it impossible to fix on a line of demarcation 

 as to what constitutes a Dromolaa *. Is it an absence of sexual 

 difi'erence ? If so, Dromolcea monacha should be excluded from 

 that genus, and Saxicola lugens and Saxicola isabellina should 

 be admitted into it. Is it a well-contrasted plumage of black 



* [The characters of Dromolcea, as given by Dr. Cabanis (Mus. Hein. i. 

 p. 9, note) are structural. — Ed.] 



