4 Col. R. Meinertzhagen on Birds from [Ibis, 



Phylloscopus colly "bita abietana. 



Tbo only specimen I obtained was at Damascus on 10. ix. 

 This race also winters in Egypt, the latest spring record 

 being on 11. i v. 



PHYLLOSCOPUS TROCIIILUS. 



Phylloscopus trochilus trochilus (L.). 



In Palestine and Egypt the Willow-Wren is but a bird o£ 

 passage. Tristram (' Survey of Western Palestine') records 

 it as swarming in the Jordan Valley in winter, but I think 

 all these birds must have been Chiffchaffs. In Palestine 

 autumn passage lasts from the last few days of August to 

 the last week in October. 



In Egypt autumn passage lasts about the same period ; 

 late birds were seen by Lynes till 18. xi. at Port Said. 



On 19. V. 20 I shot a solitary Willow- Wren at Suez. 

 This is the first spring record for Egypt. In Palestine spring 

 passage occurs from the middle of March to the end of April. 



Birds do not arrive in any numbers in Kenya Colony and 

 Uganda till the middle of September, and from then on they 

 are common, new arrivals pouring in as late as December 

 and January. They commence moving north from Kenya 

 Colony in early March, my latest spring record being on the 

 Victoria Nyanza on 7. iv. It was obtained by Archer in 

 northern Somaliland on 21. iv. 



Phylloscopus trochilus eversmanni (Bp.). 



Five out of a large series of Willow-Wrens from Kenya 

 Colony prove to be this race. They were obtained at 

 Nairobi on 29. xi. and near the Victoria Nyanza from 23.x. 

 to 25. iii. 



Locustella luscinioides luscinioides (Savi). 



I obtained a young bird, scarcely able to fly, at Damascus 

 on 10. ix. and an adult male in the Jordan Valley near 

 Jericho on 15. ix. They probably breed in both localities. 

 Several others were seen in both places from September to 

 the end of November. 



