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



Hirundo rustica. Swallow. 



Swallows were passing on March 22 at Shallufa, and by 

 April 14 had become quite common at Suez and were passing 

 north daily in small Hocks throughout the mouth. From 

 May 21 to 27 tliey were always present in Suez and Kubri 

 in small numbers everywhere, and there were odd birds at 

 Kubri and a few miles east ol' Kubri on the desert on June 4 

 and 14 — a late date when it is considered that they do not 

 breed in Egypt. The return migration began as early as 

 Aug. 7, when I saw a single bird at Katia; by Aug. 81 

 many were passing south at Mohammedia, and there and at 

 Romani they were quite common for the first three weeks of 

 September. There were always a few to be seen till the 

 fourth week of October, but I have no note of any occur- 

 rence after Oct. 24, when there was still a fair number 

 ahout. 



Hirundo savignii. 



This, the Egyptian subspecies, 1 never saw out in the 

 desert, though it was common enough in such places as 

 Kantara. On Sept. 8 at Kantara (when the migration of 

 Swallows was at its height) the typical Swallow was in far 

 greater numbers than this form, which was there through 

 the summer. A friend found a nest there and told me that 

 the birds had chestnut underparts. 



Chelidon nrbica. House-Martin. 



Strangely few of this species were seen : I saw odd birds 

 on April 14 and 21, and on April 29 noticed their passing in 

 numbers, but that was the only occasion on which I saw 

 many. On June 2 two were flying round a camp in the 

 desert some miles east of Kubri, on tlie Canal. 



Cotile riparia. Sand-Martin. 



On April 1 a few were passing Shallufa with typical 

 Swallows, and others at Suez on April 23. At Kubri 1 found 

 them common on May 25, but these last were most probably 

 of the Egyptian subspecies [littoralis or shelleyi) which breeds 



