286 Mr. M. J. ^icoW— Contributions 



1. TUKDUS MUSICUS Lillll. 



Turdus musicus Shelley, Birds of Egypt, p. 66. 



The Song-Thrush is a regular winter visitor, arriving in 

 late autumn and remaining till early spring. I have on 

 several occasions counted from twelve to fifteen examples 

 together on one of the lawns in the Giza Zoological 

 Gardens about sunset. During the day they frequent the 

 tops of the various species of Ficus, where they feed on 

 the small figs. The examples which I have examined in 

 Egypt are paler above than most British specimens. I have 

 frequently heard the Thrush singing in tiie Giza Zoological 

 Gardens. 



2. Turdus iliacus Linn. 



The Redwing, which is not mentioned by Shelley or any 

 other writer on Egyptian birds — so far as I can ascertain, — 

 appears to be a winter and spring visitor here in snudl 

 numbers. I have never met with more than two individuals 

 together. I possess a male specimen, obtained in the 

 Zoological Gardens on March 18th, 1907. 



3. Turdus pilaris Linn. 

 Turdus pilaris Shelley, p. 65. 



The Fieldfare seems to be a rare visitor to Egypt. On 

 November 13th, 1906, I watched an example feeding on one 

 of the lawns in the Zoological Gardens, and on the 21st of 

 that month I saw five individuals flying high over the same 

 part of the Gardens. A \ejyf days later 1 found a number of 

 feathers of a Fieldfare — the bird had evidently been killed 

 by a Sparrow- Hawk. 



4. Turdus merula Linn,, subsp, ? 

 Turdus merula Shelley, p. 66. 



The Blackbird is a regular winter visitor to ICgypt. In 

 some years it is more numerous than in others. All the 

 individuals that I have met with have been very shy, and in 

 the Zoological Gardens they keep to the thickest bushes and 

 are rarely seen on the lawns. 



5. Turdus torquatus Linn. 

 Turdus torquatus Shelley, p. 67. 



I have an adult male Ring-Ousel in winter-plumage, which 



