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in the Jordan Valley. Absent from the western slopes of 

 the JudoRan hills. 



It again occurs as a sparse resident in the foothills of 

 the Anti-Lebanon west of Damascus. Not noted elsewhere 

 in Palestine. 



Seven clutches of 3 to 6 eo-os were found near Jericho 

 and Jerusalem from 18. iii. to 19. iv. 



(Enanthe leucopyga leucopyga (Brchm). 



This bird is a very common resident in Siwa Oasis, where 

 it is most confiding, breeding in houses and mud-walls. 

 Birds were singing in January. 



I again found it not uncommon in the deserts east of the 

 Egyptian Delta, confining itself to the most inhospitable 

 ravines. Here it was extremely wild. 



It again occurs in the desolate ravines surrounding 

 the Dead Sea. Hero I found a nest with two es.iis on 

 30. iv. 



In ;dl the above localities birds in all stages, from pure 

 white to pure bUick heads, were eqiuilly common. 



SAXICOLA RUBETRA. 



Saxicola rubetra rubetra (L.). 



Of 21 winter birds from Kenya Colony, 17 are of this 

 typical race and 4 are sjxitzi. 



Birds commence to arrive in eastern Africa towards early 

 October, and become fuirly common by the end of that 

 month throughout the country from Uganda and the Vic- 

 toria Nyanza to Nairobi. Between Nairobi and the coast 

 they are not so common. Birds commence leaving for the 

 north in late February and throughout Marcli, my latest 

 record being on 31. iii. at Kisumu on the Victoria Nyanza. 

 Four birds from Somalihind, shot in September, April, and 

 May, belong also to the typical race. 



Saxicola rubetra spatzi (Erl.). 



Four obtained at the north-east corner of the Victoria 

 Nyanza in March. 



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