2i8 Mr. W. Raw on the [Ibis, 



o£ April. From two marked birds I was able to satisfy 

 myself that they spend the winter in a particular place and 

 do not wander far. I obtained an albino specimen in 1919. 



38. Lanius minor. Lesser Grey Shrike. 



I only met with a single specimen in Egypt, which I shot 

 at Abu Zabal on 29 April, 1918. 



39. Lanius excubitor elegans. Pallid Shrike. 



This bird was not uncommon at Abu Zabal during most 

 of the year, but disappeared during the breeding-season. 

 One which wintered near my quarters in 1916-17 got 

 extremely tame, but departed in March. 



Through the kindness of Lieut. D. W. Musselwhite I was 

 able to get a good insight into the breeding habits of this 

 bird whilst staying with him at Kantara during the latter 

 part of April 1919, and secured several sets of eggs. 



As this officer is publishing his own notes on this species 

 T will confine myself to quoting his earliest and latest dates 

 for eggs, viz., 2 March-12 June. 



[L. e. elegans is a fairly common breeding species in low 

 thorn bushes between Mahsama-Abu-Sueir. My dates 

 are as . follows : — On 6.iii. 10, 4 fresh eggs, 1 fledged 

 young ; also 6 new nests and 3 building. On 27. iii. 10 

 5 fresh eggs and an incomplete clutch of 3. In the 

 Fayum a nest with eggs much incubated was found early 

 in February. It is evident all birds nest earlier in the 

 Faytlm than in the Delta. — R. S.] 



40. Lanius senator niloticns. Woodchat Shrike. 

 Observed regularly but sparingly in spring and autumn, 



passing through from 29 March to 7 May, and from 15 

 August to the end of September. All those obtained were 

 referable to this form, and none to A. s. senator. 



41. Lanius nubicus. Nubian Shrike. 



Not uncommon during both migrations. Specimens shot 

 on 13 September and IG April, which dates are about the 

 usual times of their passing. 



