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[Four eggs in the Fayum and three at Inclias appear to 

 be the normal chitch ; I never found five. At Lake Qarun 

 in the Fayura I took two fresh clutches of four on 

 30.iii. 10. 



At Inchas the beginning of June is the best time for 

 fresh clutches, though I took fresh eggs between 28. iv. 09 

 and 27. vi. 09, but clutches o£ three taken on 15. v. 09 and 

 6. vi. 09 were slightly and very much incubated. — R. S.] 



55. Acrocephalus scirpaceus scirpaceiis. Common Reed- 

 Warbler. 



On 10 March, 191G, I picked up a Reed-Warbler which 

 had been injured by flying against our aerial wires. Also 

 observed in the vicinity of the Birket Accrashi in April, 

 and again in early September. 



5G. Acrocephalus schoenobsenus. Sedge- Warbler. 



Common during both migrations. Several were observed 

 so late in the s})ring — May — that I thought they must be 

 breeding, but I never found any trace of nesting, and they 

 subsequently disappeared, to return sometimes as early as 

 14 August. 



57. Hypolais pallida pallida. Olivaceous Warbler. 



Very connnon from the end of March until the end of 

 August. Numbers breed at Abu Zabal, commencing to 

 build soon after their arrival. As building-sites they usually 

 select lime, orange or tangerine trees, but I found several 

 in geranium bushes with the nest neatly built into a fork 

 about two feet from the ground. Two broods are reared in 

 a season, the second about the end of June ; but I have 

 occasionally found young birds still in the nest as late as the 

 second week in August. Two to three is the usual clutch, 

 and I only once found one of four. I have two sets of very 

 pink eggs taken at Abu Zabal on 9. vi. 16 and lo. v. 16. 



[The normal clutch consists of three eggs : only one set of 

 four observed. 10 May is the usual date for fresh eggs. 

 — R. S.] 



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