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70. Rufous Warbler. Agrobates galactodes galactodes (Tem- 



minck). Plate 24, fig. 4. 

 Aedon galactodes. Shelley, p. 85. 



Abundant as a breeding species in Lower Egypt. Arrives 

 in April and leaves in September. 



Length about 7 inches. Upper parts sandy rufous ; lower 

 parts whitish. Sexes practically alike. 



Easily distinguishable from all the warblers by its habit 

 of cocking and spreading its rufous tail, which is tijDjDed with 

 black and white bars and spots. 



71. Olive-tree Warbler. Hypolais olivetorum (Strickland). 



Hypolais olivetorum. Shelley, p. 99. 



Captain Shelley records one shot by a Mr. Kogers near Alex- 

 andria, which he alludes to as well authenticated and examined 

 by himself. Such a definite statement made by my late friend 

 is my only reason for including this species amongst the birds of 

 Egypt. I can find no later records of it and have never met 

 with it myself. 



Length about 6 inches. Upper parts uniform pale dusky, 

 tinted with olive and slightly paler on upper tail coverts ; wings 

 and tail brown, with pale edgings to the feathers ; outer tail 

 feathers bordered with white, the next two on each side narrowly 

 tipped with that colour. A faint streak in front of eye dull 

 white. Underparts white tinted with yellow and slightly 

 shaded on the sides mth pale stone grey ; beak very broad at 

 the base and surrounded by stout bristles. (Shelley partim.) 



72. Egyptian Olivaceous Warbler. Hypolais pallida pallida 



(Hemprich and Ehrenberg). 



Hypolais elceica. Shelley, p. 100. 



Arrives in March, breeds, and leaves in September and 

 October. 



Length about 5 inches. Pale clay brown above, buffy 

 white below ; bill stout and broad at base. Sexes alike. 



73. European Olivaceous Warbler. Hypolais pallida eloeica 



(LindermeyG'r). 



Once obtained by the writer at Giza on April 1, 1917. 

 Similar to the last described but grey above and pure 

 white below. 



