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Birds appear to commence arriving in Egypt from the last 

 days of July, migration being in full swing by 23.viii., and 

 all appear to have {)assed by the end of September, adult 

 birds being the first to pass. 



Birds were common at Baalbek in Syria till at least 10. ix., 

 though they commence leav ing for the south in late July, 

 and passage continues till the third week in September, late 

 stragglers being seen in early November. 



Birds appear to arrive in the Sudan in early September 

 and throughout October, but few remaining during the winter. 

 In nortliorn Somaliland they arrive in the middle of October 

 and in November. In Kenya Colony they nrrive from early 

 November, many remaining through the winter. In Rhodesia 

 they have been seen as early as late September, but they 

 rarely reach Natal before December. 



In Kenya Colony, birds o£ the year arrive about a fortnight 

 before any adults are seen. 



Towards the end of January and in early February birds 

 commence leaving South Africa, passing Rhodesia throughout 

 March and April, and through tropical eastern Africa during 

 March and early April. Flocks have, however, been noted 

 moving north near Kilimanjaro as early as 2. ii. They were 

 swarming on the Serengeti Plains during the first half of 

 March 1916, and a few were still on the slopes of Kiliman- 

 jaro on 20. iii. On tlie coast, birds pass north through 

 Mombasa throughout March, my latest record being at Lamu 

 on 9. iv. 



Breedinor birds commence arriving in Palestine during the 

 first few days of April, some years not till the third week in 

 April, but |%ssage is usually at its height during the last 

 week in April. Obtained in Somaliland on 11. v. 



Spring passage in Egypt is rarely noted. 



Weigold noted the first arrivals at Urfa in north-west 

 Mesopotamia on 13. iv,, and Danford in Asia Minor on 

 20.iv. 



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