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93. CuRRUCA ORPHEA (Temm.). Orplieus Warbler. 



I have seen an Egyptian specimen of this bird in Messrs. 

 Sharpe and Dresser's collection. It is possibly not uncommon. 



94. Hypolais olivetorum (Strickl.). Olive-tree Waibler. 

 I believe this species to be common in Egypt. Messrs. 



Sharpe and Dresser have in their collection a specimen of this 

 bird collected in Egypt. 



95. Hypolais elaica (Lindermeyer). Olivaceous Warbler. 

 This is the most abundant Warbler in Nubia, and is not un- 



frequent in Egypt as far north as Dendera, below which place I 

 have rarely met with it as late as the end of April. 



96. Phyllopneuste trochilus (L.). Willow Warbler. 



A winter visitant in Egypt and Nubia (Ibis, 1864, p. 237), 

 arriving in September, and leaving in March. 



97. Phyllopneuste rufa. Lath. ChiiF-chaff Warbler. 

 Only met with in winter in Egypt and Nubia, and, like the 



last species, extremely abundant throughout the Delta, where 

 alone I have seen it. 



98. Phyllopneuste bonellii, Vieill. BonelU's Warbler. 

 This Warbler is very abundant in the Cypress and Acacia 



trees of Upper Egypt, where it takes the place of P. trochilus 

 and P. rufa of the Delta and of Hypolais elaica of Nubia. 



99. Phyllopneuste sibilatrix (Bechst.). Wood Warbler. 

 I shot two specimens of this bird in Egypt in April, one near 



Sakkara and one near Assouan ; but it appears to be by no 

 means plentiful. 



100. Nectarinia metallica, Licht. Yellow-breasted Sun- 

 bud. 



We first met with this beautiful little bird near Kalabshee, in 

 Nubia, where I found it tolerably plentiful. It was generally 

 seen in pairs, but had not, I think, begun breeding by the 10th 

 of April. It is a lively bird, rarely sitting still for long, now 

 fluttering over a flower, now darting off to some neighbouring 

 Acacia tree, heeding neither the peasant nor his ox as they toil to- 

 gether through the heat of the day. The female, a dull-coloured 



