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MOTACILLA FLAVA PYG11,EA (Brchm). 



This resident Egyptian race of the Yellow Wagtail was met 

 with plentifully in December and January towards the Nile 

 Delta (not at Port Said), frequenting the rich swamjs and 

 cotton-fields. 



Remarkably brilliant in coloration, these birds were con- 

 spicuous objects, perching on the tops of the plants, the bases 

 of which were generally growing in a few inches of water. 



[The specimens, which are males, measure in the wing 

 7", 74, and 74 mm. They have white chins, and are heavily 

 washed with dark olive on the flanks. One has no eye- 

 stripe, another a small white stripe behind the eye, and 

 another a white fleck behind the eye. — H. F. [F.] 



MOTACILLA FLAVA MELANOCEPHALA LicllC. 



Egypt. — I have no certain note of the Blacl^-headed 

 Wagtail betweeu August and January, but it is known to 

 winter (' Ibis,^ July 1908). 



Crete. — Spring-migrant, no evidence of breeding. First 

 observed 19th March, male in full plumage, testes enlarging. 

 On 27tli ]\Iarch //ocA;.s were seen, and on 9th April the last, 

 a single male, was noted. 



[Two males collected March 19 and 27.— H. F. IF.] 



Athens. — Several small parties, evidently on migration, 

 were observed on loth April. They were sometimes in 

 company with M. flava Jiava, feeding among sheep. 



MOTACILLA BOARULA BOARULA L. 



Egypt. — The Grey Wagtail was a sparing winter visitor, 

 and, unlike the other Wagtails, was tiever seen in parties. 

 The first was observed on 15th October, from which date 

 onwards one or two might be found about pools of fresh or 

 salt water. 



Crete. — Winter visitor. Last one seen on 10th March. 

 On 26th February an example in moult, with the black 

 throat-patch half grown, was observed at close quarters. 



Greece. — Found here and there in mid-winter. 



Malta. — Fair numbers passed through on migration during 

 October and early November. Some individuals stopped to 



