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near Damietta. A few hours before I left I saw a small 

 flock in some low trees near the Coastguard Station, but 

 had no gun with me at the time, consequently I am not 

 sure to what form these birds belonged, A few pairs of 

 Goldfinches nested in the Giza Zoological Gardens in 1907. 



LiNOTA CANNABTNA. 



Linota cannabina Shelley, p. 154 ; Loat, Ibis, 1906, p. 119. 

 A very few Linnets were seen and no examples were 

 obtained. 



This species is a winter-visitor to Egypt. 



Passer domesticus indicus. 



Passer domestica subsp. ? Hartert, Vogel der Pal. Fauna, 

 ii. p. 151. 



Passer domesticus Shelley, p. 148. 

 Abundant in the cultivated country. 



Passer hispaniolensis. 



Passer saliclcola Shelley, p. 149. 



We did not meet with this Sparrow at Damietta, and up to 

 the present time I have not seen it wild in Egypt. Since 

 our return, however, I have received the skin of an adult 

 male obtained by Lieut. J. B..lenkinson at llas-el-Khalig, 

 a few miles from Damietta. Mr. Jenkinson informs me 

 that he shot this bird out of a small flock. I also possess 

 the skin of an immature male of this species, captured at sea 

 on October 27th, 1907, within sight of the coast, a few miles 

 off Port Said. 



Galerida cristata nigricans. 



Galerita cristata Shelley, p. 138. 



Alauda cristata Loat, Ibis, 1906, p. 118. 



Galerida cristata nigricans Hartert, Vog. der Pal. Fauna^ 

 iii. p. 227. 



Crested Larks were numerous on the cultivated ground 

 and on the strip of desert close to the edge of the lake. All 

 those seen belonged to the well-marked form which ranges 

 throughout the Nile Delta from Damietta to Cairo. 



