134 Capt. G. E. Shelley on Ei/ijpttan Ornithology. 



while the next species was very abundant throughout Egypt, 

 where it remains during the winter. All the specimens which I 

 have seen from Egypt belong to the next species. 



87. Drymceca, sp. 



I cannot bring myself to consider this bird to belong to the 

 same species as the preceding; but Dr. Tristram, to whom I 

 showed my specimen, refers it to D, gracilis. It is, however, 

 larger than my specimens of D. gracilis, and has a black bill and 

 also very distinct stripes on the breast. In coloration it is 

 altogether darker, and the whole of the shaft-markings are more 

 strongly pronounced. I may add that the present bird is the 

 common Drymceca of Egypt, whereas the true D. gracilis I only 

 met with higher up the country, and is not nearly so common. 

 I have males of each species in breeding-plumage; so that 

 a proper comparison of the adult birds has been possible. 

 M. Jules Verreaux, who has kindly looked at the birds, is 

 inclined to regard my specimens as belonging to two distinct 

 species, but, like myself, feels unwilling to describe the present 

 bird as new until we have a larger series for comparison. 



88. Sylvia cinerea. Lath. 



Sparingly distributed throughout Egypt and Nubia. 



89. Sylvia curruca (Gmel.). Lesser Whitethroat. 



A very abundant Warbler both in Egypt and Nubia, espe- 

 cially from Dendera to the first Cataract. 



90. Sylvia conspicillata, Marm. Spectacled Warbler. 

 The Rev. H. B. Tristram tells me that this bird is certainly met 



with in Egypt, but does not remain there throughout the winter. 



91. Curruca ruppellii, Temm. Riippell's Warbler. 



I have shot this bird in Nubia, and at the first Cataract, and 

 have seen it occasionally in other parts of Egypt. In habits it 

 appears very closely allied to Curruca melanocephala. The beau- 

 tiful roseate hue on the chest of a freshly killed bird soon fades. 



92. Curruca melanocephala (Gm.). Black-headed War- 

 bler. 



Abundant on the islands of the first Cataract, but distributed 

 more sparingly throughout Egypt and Nubia. 



