106 EGYPTIAN BIRDS 



107. Common Wheatear (Saxiada oenanthe). Very common. 

 [08. Mciutrirs's Wheatear (Saxicola saltatrix). Common resident. 

 K»!». Eastern Black-eared Wheatear (Saxicola amj>hileuca). Fairly 



common in March and September. 

 lit). Egyptian Black-throated Wheatear (Saxicola enrymelana). 



Common. 

 111. Black-t liroated Wheatear (Saxicola xardhome/oena). Common 



migrant. 

 I I J. Desert Chat (Saxicola dcscrti). Common on the desert. 

 ll:>. White-throated Desert Chat (Saxicola homochrod). Not 



common. 



1 1 4. Rosy-vented Chat (Saxicola vwesta). Rare. 



115. Mourning Chat (Saxicola lugens). Common on the desert 



throughout. 



1 1 6. Pied Chat (Saxicola Icucomela). Exceedingly rare. 



117. Hooded Chat (Saxicola monachd). Not uncommon on the 



desert. 



118. White-rumped Chat (Saxicola leucopygia). Common in 



deserts of Upper Egypt. 

 1 1 9- Abyssinian Chat (Saxicola syeniticd). Exceedingly rare. 



120. Whin Chat (Pratincola rubetra). Not uncommon. 



121. Stone Chat (Pratincola riibicohi). Common in Lower Egypt. 



122. Hemprich's Stonechat (Pratincola hemprichii). Rare. 



123. Redstart (Ruticilla phoenicurd). Common in September and 



April. 



124. Black Redstart (Ruticilla titys). Rare. 



125. Palestine Redstart (Ruticilla semirufa). Rare. 



126. Blue-throated Warbler (Ci/anecula snecicd). Very common. 



127. Robin (Erithacus rubeculd). Common in Lower Egypt in 



winter. 



128. Hedge Sparrow (Accentor modularis). Rare. 



129. Nightingale (Philomela lu.scinia'). Not uncommon. 



130. Thrush Nightingale (Philomela major). Very rare. 



131. Cetti's Warbler (Bradyptcms cettii). Very rare. 



132. Rufous Warbler (Aedon galactodes). Common in summer,. 



breeds in Egypt. 



