544 Capt, A. W. Boyd on Birds of the [Ibis, 



Aedon galactodes. Rufous Warbler. 



When we reached the Katia oasis on Aug. 6 these were 

 fairly common and evidently breed there, for I saw a young 

 bird among the palms on Aug. 11. They seemed to be very 

 fond of the bushy tops of the palms. I also saw an odd bird 

 at Roinani on Aug. 22, but they seem quite uncommon on 

 the desert. 



Acrocephalus arundinaceus. Great Reed-Warbler. 



In the reeds by the Sweet- Water Canal, Shallufa, in 

 March. I had no means of deciding whether this was one 

 of the Egyptian subspecies or not. 



Cisticola cisticola. Fantail Warbler. 

 At Suez in April in the cultivation. 



Motacilla alba. White Wagtail. 



In the spring I have no note of their occurrence after 

 April 13, when they were not uncommon at Suez. In the 

 autumn I first saw two on Oct. 5 a few miles east of Kantara, 

 though I had heard passing birds calling for a few days; 

 from that date they were fairly common in the desert, and 

 I noticed an increase at Mohammedia in the last weeks of 

 October. At the beginning of November they were abundant 

 and very tame, often coming into our tents. About Dec. 26 

 they seemed to increase in numbers locally at Mazar, where 

 there were several considerable flocks, and again at Ismailia 

 in February, 1917, they were remarkably common in the 

 camps, where I heard one singing on Feb. 20, 



Motacilla flava. Blue-headed Wagtail. 



On April 13 and 14 patches of cultivation at Suez were 

 full of Yellow Wagtails most of which were of this species, 

 and they were still passing on April 29. 



In the autumn Yellow Wagtails first appeared at Romani 

 on Aug. 24, and were very abundant there and at Moham- 

 media till about Sept. 19, but the majority seemed to be 

 young birds and it was difficult to distinguish the species. 

 On the Gallipoli Peninsula in the previous year they 

 appeared for the first time in the autumn, on Aug. 19. 



