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and at Aswan and in several other places 

 the Olivaceous Warbler was very plentiful. 

 Another pretty little songster is the long- 

 tailed Graceful Warbler. This is a fairy- 

 like little bird, and is under five inches 

 long, nearly all tail ! I saw two one 

 morning on one of the rocky islets to the 

 south of Elephantine, and several in Upper 

 Egypt, at Gebel Silsileh, at Erment, and 

 other places ; but I believe they are 

 commoner north of Luxor. 



During our rides through the bean and 

 durrah fields near Aswan we constantly 

 came across the Fan-tailed Warbler, dart- 

 ing about among the tall stems of the 

 corn. This is another tiny bird, only four 

 inches long ; it has a sweet little voice 

 when it sings, but a harsh, angry one 

 when we happened to disturb it. The 

 Fan-tailed Warblers build very pretty 

 little nests, and, somewhat after the 

 fashion of Tailor-birds, they sew or twist 

 together the grass and plant-stems above 

 them. Their eggs vary much in colour. 

 I saw the Wood Warbler among some 

 bushes on Sehel, an island near the First 

 Cataract, and a bird which I think was a 



