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appears to be of very rare occurrence in that country. The 

 only Egyptian specimen I have seen is in the collection of 

 Messrs. Sharpe and Dresser. According to Von Heuglin (Orn. 

 N. O. Afr. p. 310) it visits Egypt and Nubia in the autumn ; 

 and he mentions that he procured a specimen near the 

 Pyramids. 



Male. — Top of the head and ear-coverts dusky black ; upper 

 sm-face of the body slaty ash-colour ; quills and tail brown, 

 with broad ash-coloiu-ed edgings ; the exterior feathers on 

 each side of the latter have the outer webs and a broad apical 

 tip white, and the next two feathers on each side are narrowly 

 tipped with the same colour ; underparts white, shaded with 

 ashy on the flanks and under tail-coverts. 



Female. — Resembles the male, except that the head is ashy 

 grey, and the rest of the upper parts are shaded with brown ; 

 beak black, shading into yellowish at the base of the lower 

 mandible ; legs slaty brown ; irides hazel. 



Entire length 5'7 inches; culmenO'55; wing, carpus to 

 tip, 3 ; tarsus 0'9. 



Fig. Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 119. 



59. CuRRUCA ATRicAPiLLA (Linn.). Black-cap Warbler. 



This is only a bird of passage in Egypt and Nubia, arriving 

 on its way northwards in February and March, and passing 

 through the country again in the autumn. 



Male. — Top and back of the head black ; nape and sides of 

 the neck grey ; Ijack, shoulders, scapulars, and upper tail- 

 coverts olive-grey ; wings and tail dusky brown ; throat and 

 underparts greyish white, with a slight pink blush on the breast 

 and flanks ; beak brown ; logs slate-coloui' ; irides hazel. 



