Capt. G. E. Shelley on Egyptian Ornithology . 137 



shelter of some overhanging rock, or attaching them to the ceil- 

 ings in the less-frequented passages of the ruins for which 

 Egypt is famed. 



C. rupestris (Scop.) is probably also found in Egypt. 



107. Chelidon urbica (L.). House Martin. 



I found this bird more abundant in Nubia thgn in Egypt, 

 where I only met with it on thi-ee occasions, apparently passing 

 through on its way to Europe. 



108. Lanius lahtora, Sykes. Bleached Shrike. Dresser 

 & Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 595. 



This species inhabits Upper Egypt and Nubia, but is not very 

 plentiful. 



109. Lanius personatus, Temra. Masked Shrike. 



This bird arrives in Egypt towards the end of February. 

 When I reached Dendera on the 25th of last March, it was so 

 plentiful that I could have counted one hundred in a day, gene- 

 rally in pairs. In Nubia it was equally plentiful, pairs flying 

 and chattering together in every clump of trees I passed 

 through. 



110. Lanius auriculatus, P. L. S. Miill. Wood-Chat 

 Shrike. 



By no means uncommon in Nubia, but is less frequently met 

 with in Egypt. 



111. MoTACiLLA ALBA, L. White Wagtail. 



An extremely abundant bird throughout Egypt in the winter, 

 but less so as the spring advances ; and in Nubia, in April, I 

 found it comparatively rare. 



112. MoTACiLLA LUGUBRis, Pall. Sombrc Wagtail. 



This Asiatic species is confined in Egypt to the first Cataract, 

 where, during three days, I saw seven specimens. It is a beau- 

 tifully marked species, its pure black and white making it very 

 easy to distinguish from both M. alba and M. yarrelli. Al- 

 though it has selected this barren and rocky district, near where 

 the Nile dashes over broken granite rocks in a turmoil of 

 waters, it is by no means an unsociable bird, and rarely fails to 

 welcome the stranger by flitting from rock to rock along the shore 



