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The Wheatears proved to be a most difficult group owing 

 to the impossibility of handling any specimens, and 1 saw at 

 least two more species which I cannot identify. 



Pratincola rubetra. Whinchat. 



A number were passing at Suez from April 14 to 23 ; in 

 the autumn I saw only a single specimen at Mohammedia 

 on Oct. 15. 



Pratincola rubicola. Stonecliat. 



First seen on Oct. 20 at Mohammedia; a few there and at 

 Romani from that time till we went forward to Mazar. On 

 the march along the north Sinai road al)out the end of 

 November I saw them commonly. 



Euticilla phcenicurus. Redstart. 



From Oct. 11 to 17 this species was quite common at 

 Mohammedia, especially in the small bushes on the sand- 

 hills near the sea. 



Ruticilla titys. Black Redstart. 



A male at Komani on Nov. 17 ; a single bird at Rabah 

 on Nov. 22. 



Erithacus rubecula. Redbreast. 



I saw none till Nov. 24 and 25 at Tillul (near Mazar) and 

 again on Nov. 28 at Mazar ; one or two in the palm-grove 

 at Ismailia on Feb. 18, 1917. 



Daulias luscinia. Nightingale. 



I got a poor view of a bird that was almost certainly a 

 Nightingale on April 23 at Suez ; one near Romani on 

 Sept. 9 in the desert-sciub. 



Sylvia curruca. Lesser Whitethroat. 

 Several on Sept. 1 at Mohammedia; Sept. 6 to 19 common 

 at Romani. 



Phylloscopus trochilus. Willow-Wren. 

 Still passing on Sept. 28 near Kantara. 



Phylloscopus coUybita. Chiffchaft'. 



About the first week of November I noticed these birds 

 quite commonly among some trees at Romani. 



