136 Capt. G. E. Shelley on Egyptian Ornithuluyij. 



but graceful little bird, generally keeps close company with her 

 partner. I have watched them sunning themselves together 

 on some prominent Acacia twig, all the while keeping up an 

 animated conversation in a pleasing little twittering note. 



101 . MusciCAPA GRisEOLA, L. Spotted Flycatcher. 



I only met with this bird once, in Maj^, at Alexandria, probably 

 during its migration. 



102. MusciCAPA coLLARis, Bechst. White-collared Fly- 

 catcher. 



In 1868, towards the beginning of April, we met with many 

 pairs of this bird between Cairo and Benisouef ; but this year I 

 did not see it once south of Benisouef up to the 10th of May, 

 from which I infer that it does not come down the Nile in its 

 migration. 



103. HiRUNDo RUSTiCA, L. Chimney Swallow. 



We shot an immature specimen of this bird in the Delta on 

 the 25th of February, but did not see another until we reached 

 Nubia in the beginning of April, where it appeared entirely to 

 replace H. riocouri, which latter bird we did not meet with again 

 on our downward journey until arriving at Girgeh, where the 

 two species were equally abundant in the beginning of May. 



104 HiRUNDo RIOCOURI, Audouin. Oriental Chimney Swal- 

 low. 



Very abundant throughout Egypt, especially in the Delta. It 

 appears to keep more exclusively to the neighbourhood of vil- 

 lages than the last species. 



It begins breeding about the latter end of February. 



105. CoTYLE RiPARiA (L.) . Sand Martin. 



This bird arrives in Egypt in great abundance in March ; and 

 towards the end of April we daily observed colonies of them 

 breeding in the banks by the river side. 



106. CoTYLE OBSOLETA, Cab. 



Extremely abundant wherever there are cliffs, and at the Py- 

 ramids, but never met with far from them ; consequently they 

 are most plentiful in Upper Egypt and Nubia. They begin 

 building by the middle of February, placing their nests under the 



