11-2 Commander H. Lynes on a 



winter and moved north, apparently very early, the follow- 

 ing spring. 



Sicilij. — In summer plentiful on all the streams in the 

 Cava district. Fresh eggs were found from 15th May 

 onwards. 



MOTACILLA ALBA ALBA L. 



Tlie White Wagtail was met Avith from east to west of the 

 Mediterranean as a plentiful winter visitor, 



Egypt. — The first two, in full winter-plumage^ were seen on 

 26th September. Numbers increased quickly, and by mid- 

 October the species had become plentiful, perhaps in places 

 exceeding winter proportions, which seemed to be reached 

 about the first week of December. No examples were ever 

 seen in the summer-plumage, i. e. Avith more than a black 

 crescent on the chest. 



In some places it was found that the W^hite Wagtails, 

 which during the day had been scattered over a large area, 

 were in the habit of selecting certain suitable spots in which 

 to roost at night in company. One such roosting-place 

 near Damanhour was a two-acre patch of sugar-canes 

 divided into halves by the main road, along which a stream 

 of traffic passed all day long, and well into the evening. At 

 this season (December) the canes were nine or ten feet high 

 with a luxuriant outgrowth of broad green leaves, and 

 formed a dense jungle. As the sun dipped below the horizon, 

 the air became alive with White Wagtails whisking into the 

 canes from all points of the compass, settling at once on 

 the leaves and staying there, not lifting and flving about as 

 Starlings do. There, must have been thousands of White 

 Wagtails roosting in that patch. No other species seemed 

 to be present. A similar phenomenon, but on a smaller 

 scale, was also observed in January at Port Said. 



Crete. — First observed 18th February, two birds moulting 

 iuto summer-plumage. On 2Gth February birds in all 

 stages of plumage from full winter to full summer were 

 noticed. These were all judged to be winter visitors. 

 On 27th March all seen were in full summcr-phimage, and 



