232 Major A. G. L. Sladen on [Ibis, 



Lanius nubicus. Masked Shrike. 



1 S, Shellal, 25. viii. 17. 1 o, JaflFa, 16. iv. 18. 1 <^ , 

 Jaffa, 15.vi. 18. 



A few passed south iu August and September at Shellal, 

 and it was the commonest of the Shrikes going north 

 throughout the Jaffa-Ramleh area in the spring ; a few 

 birds remain throughout spring and summer. I did not 

 find them nesting, but it is possible that some of these i)irds 

 bred there. 



Lanius senator. Woodchat. 



1 S, Jaffa, 20. iii.l8. 



Noticed on both migrations at Gaza and Jaffa. 



Sylvia communis. Whitethroat. 



1 o, Shellal, 26. viii. 17. 



Plentiful on migration at Shellal during August, Sep- 

 tember, and October; also seen again in the spring of 

 1918 near Jaffa, where it nested commonly during April 

 and May. 



Sylvia curruca. Lesser Whitethroat. 



A summer visitor about Jaffa and Raraleh, breeding com- 

 monly in the orange groves. The earliest arrivals made 

 their appearance about 1 March. 



Motacilla atricapilla. Blackcap. 

 1 $, Shellal, 7.x. 17. 



Seen at Shellal on migration during the first week in 

 October. 



Sylvia melanocepliala. Sardinian Warbler. 



1 ? , Jaffa, 2. iii. 18. 



I first noticed spring arrivals about 1 March, and soon 

 after they became very common and nested in the orange 

 groves about Jaffa. 



Sylvia ruppeli. lilippeirs Warbler. 



A summer vis'tor to the orange groves about Jaffa, where 

 it nested. 



