34 The Oologists Record^ June x, 1921. 



Prinia gracilis palestincB. 



The Streaked-Wren Warbler is a common resident in Palestine 

 and has been separated racially from P.g.deltce of Egypt proper 

 and the Suez Canal zone. This bird brings up two broods in the 

 season, possibly more — and commences to lay eggs about the 

 middle of April, after which date eggs may be found throughout 

 the summer and even up to the beginning of August. In 1918, 

 this was quite the latest breeding species that I came across in 

 Palestine, but whether this was influenced by local war conditions 

 I cannot say. All the agricultural land near the low-lying areas 

 around the Jaffa Auja had grown to weed, thistles and self-sown 

 crops in which Prinia was breeding freely in the middle of 

 July — in fact all my nests were found between the 8th and 15th 

 Jul}^ — and if I had had more time to spare I might have found dozens 

 more. Perhaps a few dates and incubation notes will be of interest : 



Stale. 



Fresh. 



Fresh . 



Advanced. 

 2, 3 Respectively, several days, 

 fresh, several days, stale 

 and bad, fresh, fresh. 



Advanced. 

 5, Respectively, advanced, fresh, 

 several days, fresh, fresh, 

 stale and bad, fresh, fresh, 

 stale. 



Of the above nests two were in pomegranate bushes, one in a 

 bushy damson tree, two in thick cover by the river Anza, and the 

 remaining 16 in thistles, cover, and tall grass in the overgrown 

 fields. 



I did not come across this bird in the Judean Hills varying 

 from 2,000 to 3,000 feet above sea-level and situated 10-12 miles 

 north and north-west of Jerusalem, during the month of June in 

 igiS, when I managed to put in a good deal of birds nesting, so 

 was not likel}^ to have overlooked it. 



