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11. Hiruxdo rustica Linn. Chimney -Swallow. 

 <J . 23rd Feb. 



This was the first time that I noticed this bird, and it was 

 oidy seen on one or two occasions subsequently. 



12. Hirundo riocourii Audouin. Oriental Chimney- 

 Swallow. 



A few of these birds were generally to be met with in 

 various parts of the Wadi. 



13. Motacilla alba Linn. White IVaytail. 

 Fairly common. 



11. Budytes plava (Linn.) . Grey-headed Yellow Wagtail. 



The Grey-headed Yellow Wagtail was first met with in a 

 flock on Feb. 10th, running about on a patch of short grass 

 close to a freshwater pool. Out of this flock I obtained 

 four males and a female, all of which I consider to belong to 

 this species, although Shelley in his ' Handbook to the 

 Birds of Egypt/ pp. 128 & 129, gives two species of Grey- 

 headed Yellow Wagtails, viz. B. flaoa, with " a distinct 

 white eyebrow" and a wing-measurement of 3*2 in., and 

 B. cinereocapilla, with an "entire absence of white eyebrow" 

 and wing 2*9 in. In my specimens, two of the males have 

 a distinct trace of white eyebrow and the wing 2*9 ; while the 

 other two have the same length of wing and only a slight 

 trace of white beyond the eye and not immediately above it ; 

 the female, however, which was one of the same flock, has a 

 very distinct eyebrow of a dirty white colour. 



15. Anthus cervinus Pall. Red-throated Pipit. 



This species, which was the only kind of Pipit met with, 

 was fairly numerous, and generally to be found on any 

 patch of damp ground in the vicinity of the lakes and fresh- 

 water pools. 



16. Certhilauda desertorum (Stanley). Bifasciated 

 Lark. 



This bird was not uncommon along the edge of the desert. 



17. Galerita cristata (Linn.). Crested Lark. 



A few were generally to be met with, but usually in 



