to the OrnUholu(jij of Etjijid. 287 



I shot on December 9th, 11)00, in the Zooh)gieaI (j archils. 

 It was iu company with severa. others. I have since heard 

 and seen this species ou two or three occasions during the 

 winter months. 



6. MoNTicoLA sAXATiLis (Linn.). 

 Monticola saxatilis Slielley, p. 70. 



The Rock-Thrusli appears to be migratory in the province. 

 1 have at present only seen it duiing the spring migration 

 in April. 



7. Monticola cyaxus (Linn.). 

 Monticola cijanus Shelley, p. 70. 



I possess two male specimens of the Blue Rock-Thrush — 

 one shot at the Pyramids of Giza on November l)th, 1*J0(!, 

 and the other from Abu iioash on April Gth, 11)07. 1 have 

 personally met with this species in spring and autumn in the 

 province of Giza. 



8. Saxicola (enanthe (Linn.). 

 Saxicola cencmthe Shelley, p. 71. 



The Common Wheatear appears to be a regular spring and 

 autumn migrant, though, so far as I have been at present 

 able to ascertain, it docs not visit us in large numbers. Ou 

 arrival here iu autumn the adult birds are in full winter- 

 plumage — the feathers of the upper parts and the wing- 

 coverts and quills are broadly edged with brown. I can at 

 present see no signs of any spring moult in adults of this 

 species ; the grey upper parts of the male are assumed by a 

 casting of the brown edges of the feathers of the winter- 

 l^lumage and the quill-feathers turn entirely black — in adult 

 males — by the same process. 



9. Saxicola cenanthe leucorrhoa Stejneger. 



This large form of the Common Wheatear passes through 

 Egypt on both spring and autuum migrations, though it 

 always appears later than the common form. I have from 

 the province of Giza an adult male shot by Capt. J. \V. H. 

 Seppings on May 15th, 1907, and an adult male shot by 

 myself on November 17th, 1908. 



