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108. White Eyestriped Black-headed Wagtail. Motacilla 



feldeggi paradoxa (Brehm). 



Not mentioned by Shelley. 



A few during spring migration. 



Like the last-mentioned but the eye stripe is white. These 

 last two forms are not recognized as distinct from the black- 

 headed form by most ^vTiters. I have separated them, however, 

 for the present, as all Egyptian specimens which I have handled 

 are apparently adult birds and easily separable by the characters 

 given above. 



109. Sooty-headed Wagtail. Motacilla feldeggi melanogriseus 



( Homey er). 



A rare visitor in spring. 



Similar to the black-headed form, but the crown of head 

 duller and more ashy ; under parts paler yellow. 



It should be noted that after the autumn moult even 

 adult males of these yellow wagtails are often difficult to identify 

 with certainty, and it may be that some, if not all, of the above- 

 mentioned migratory forms pass through the country during the 

 autumn migration and are not then recognizable. 



110. Meadow Pipit. Anthus fratensis (Linnaeus). 



Anthus fratensis. Shelley, p. 131. 



Moderately numerous during the winter months. 



Length about 5 inches. Olive brown above, marked with 

 black. Under parts huffish or yellowish white on breast, 

 with a few narrow black streaks ; belly whitish ; rump olive 

 brown. White on outer pairs of tail feathers. 



111. Red-throated Pipit. Anthus cervinus (Pallas). Plate 25, 



fig. 8. 



Anthus cervinus. Shelley, p. 131. 



Extraordinarily abundant in the cultivated portions of 

 Egypt from October to April. 



Like the meadow pipit, but more streaked with black and 

 light buff above. Rump heavily streaked with black. Eye- 

 stripe, throat, and breast rufous red, in some males vinous red. 

 Females and young males sometimes lack the red on under 

 parts, and are never so red as adult males. White on outer 

 pairs of tail feathers, 



