46 Bird Notes from the Nile. 



contains. We saw these "Tumblers" with 

 both white and black heads. Mourning 

 Chats are said to frequent Nubia, but we 

 did not see many at Aswan after December 

 — they seemed to leave all at once — but 

 we met them again near Bueb in March. 



The Hooded Chat, which seems closely 

 allied to the *' Tumbler," is another 

 specially Nubian bird, and lives near long 

 stretches of desert. We noticed it about 

 Wady Sabua, and again just south of 

 Abu Simbel. 



Desert Chats are numerous where the 

 sand comes down to the river's edge, 

 while the Black-throated Chats are 

 oftenest seen in the durrah fields, and 

 among the lupins and beans on the 

 cultivated banks, and the Wood-chat 

 may be considered a resident in Egypt 

 and Nubia. The Black-throated Chats 

 are said only to come to Egypt in the 

 spring. 



The Common Wheatear, too, is only a 

 spring and autumn visitor, but there is 

 another larger Wheatear which is a 

 resident, and may be constantly met 

 with both in Egypt and Nubia. 



