124 Commander H. Lynes on a 



no breeding-records to the eastward of Spain were 

 obtained. 



E(/ypt. — ^Migrant in moderate num1)ers. The passage 

 started with September, and the hist Orioles were observed 

 on the 2Gth of the same month. For the first few days nearly 

 all were dnll-plumaged birds (juveniles or females), then 

 came a fair sprinkling of full-plumaged adult males. 



Crete and Athens. — Not noted, ord February-28th April. 



Malta. — From 1st May onwards a plentiful migrant. It 

 is possible that occasionally a pair stops to breed in some of 

 the more retired " ouicds " and orchards on the soutb.ern 

 side of the island, where an adult male was seeu and heard 

 in feeble song on 23id June, but this bird did not behave 

 as if it had a nest or young. The chances of a brood 

 being reared in this thickly popnlated and ^'ornitho})hagous" 

 country are very small. 



Sicih/. — The walnuts and pojjlar trees in the " Cavas '' 

 seemed admirably suited to the breeding-requirements of 

 Orioles, but not a bird was seen between 22ud IMay and 

 4th June. 



COCCOTIIRAUSTES COCCOTIIRAUSTES * (L.). 



The Hawfinch was met with as a breeding-species and 

 probably resident in Spain, but elsewhere only as a winter- 

 visitor. 



Egypt. — Hawfinches, though never seen more than two 

 or three at a time, had a distinct migration-passage, starting 

 at the beginning of November (or possibly a Aveek earlier) 

 and continuing to arrive until the beginning of December, 

 but like most of the finches, their migrations are probably 

 much influenced by local weather conditions. 



Near Damanhour in December several Hawfinches were 

 observed among the larger trees, and a female was shot as she 

 rose from a dry dyke-bank with not a tree near. Her 

 stomach contained seeds and kernels. 



* The Editors of the ' Ibis ' are responsible for the omission of the third 

 repetition of coccothrmtstes for the typical form, an omission which is 

 contrary to the International Rules followed by the autlur. — [We do 

 not profess to follow the " International Rules." — Edd.1 



