106 BIEDS OF EGYPT. 



Female. — Only differs from the male in having the top of 

 the head rufous instead of black. 



Entire length 5"8 inches ; culmen 0*4 ; wing, carpus to 

 tip, 2'8; tarsus 0'8. 



Fig. Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 120. 



60. CuERUCA RuEPPELLii (Temm.). RilppelVs Warbler. 



This Warbler is moderately abundant throughout Egypt 

 and Nubia. Its habits are not so lively as those of many of 

 its congeners, and it may frequently be seen sitting still on 

 the topmost bough of some low tree or cotton-plant. Von 

 Heuglin (Orn. N. O. Afr. p. 315) calls it a bird of passage, 

 and observes that it is not plentiful in Lower Egypt until the 

 middle of March, when it may be met \\dth in paii's, some- 

 times in company with Sylvia suhalpina. 



Male in breeding-plumage . — Head and throat black, with 

 a white moustache ; remainder of the upper parts slaty grey ; 

 wings dark brown, the feathers edged with brownish-buff 

 colour; tail black, with the outer feather and tip of the 

 second one white ; underparts of the body white, shaded on 

 the sides with grey, and with a rosy blush on the chest when 

 in Ufe. 



The female is rather duller in plumage. 



Entire length 5"5 inches; culmen 0'5; wing, carpus to 

 tip, 2'7 ; tarsus O'S. 



Fig. Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 122. 



