260 Mr. W. Haw on the [Ibis, 



93. Luscinia megarhyncha megarhyncha. Nightingale. 



Seen commonly in the crops when (juail -sliooting in April ; 

 also sparingly in the autumn. One heard singing G April^ 

 1917. 



91. Luscinia suecica suecica. Red-spotted Bluethroat. 



Numbers winter at Abu Zabal. Frequently seen in the 

 damper places when sni[»e-shooting, etc. ; also frequents the 

 herbage on the canal sides and the cotton-fields. Sometimes 

 remains until May. 



95. Luscinia suecica volgae. White-spotted Bluethroat. 



Less numerous than tlie above form, but obtained annually 

 at the Birket Accrashi, where it may be found during the 

 winter. 



9(). Erithacus rubecula rubecula. Robin. 

 A pair or so wintered every year in our garden. Very 

 shy and retiring. Never observed later than 19 March. 



97. Hirundo rustica rustica. European Swallow. 

 Numerous in s])ring and autumn. Observed as late as the 



end of May. 



98. Hirundo rustica savignii. Egy|>tian Swallow. 

 (Jommon and resident. Usually builds in native houses, 



under verandahs and railway bridges, and has been found by 

 Major F. W. Bornian in dug-outs on the Suez Canal. In the 

 last week in April I saw a nest under a wharf on the Suez 

 Canal within a few feet of the water. I have also seen nests 

 in some of the busiest streets in Cairo, such as Mohamed Ali 

 Street, just clear of the heads of pedestrians. The eggs are 

 usually laid about the beginning of May, though sometimes 

 earlier. There is considerable variation in the size of the 

 eggs, some specimens being very small, and others as large 

 as normal eggs of the European Swallow. 



[My dates are — four eggs incubated oJ . iii. 09 ; nests with 

 eggs21. iii. 94, 15. iv. 94 ; eggs and also young 8. vi. 1893 — 

 so it is evidently double- or treble-brooded. Four is the 

 usual clutch. — R. S.] 



