146 Commander II. Lynes on a 



Port Said is of a solitary example on 26th September. Tlie 

 following December, near Ismailia, a Grey Shrike was 

 observed which looked like L. minor, but it was not obtained. 

 None were seen elsewhere. 



Smyrna and Mitylene. — Plentiful on migration between 

 7th and 13th August. No records for Crete and Athens in 

 spring. 



Laniis senator. 



The only place eastward of Malta where the "Woodchat 

 was observed was at Athens^ and there the species com- 

 menced to arrive in some numbers on 22nd April. At Crete 

 the species was not observed, but was probably overlooked 

 during the week spent there at the end of April, as it is 

 known to breed there. 



Malta. — The Woodchat was an abundant summer visitor. 

 First arrival noted 18th April, plentiful on 27tli April. 

 Many nests were found, the first eggs being laid during tht; 

 second week of May. 



Sicily, Sardinia, and Spain. — The Woodchat was a plentiful 

 summer visitor^ and breeding. 



[Xo specimens were obtained.--//. F. PV.] 



Lamus nubicus Licht. 



Only a few met with in autumn at Thaso, 18th August, 

 where a young female was obtained, and at Smyrna on 

 7th August ; some, all immature, Avere almost certainly 

 observed, but none secured. 



Not observed in I'^gypt from August to January, or in 

 Crete in February, March, and April. 



Lanius colllkio L. 



The Red-backed Shrike was met with in the Grecian 

 Archipelago, Asia Minor, and Egypt, as an autumn migrant 

 only. 



Egypt. — The ])assage of this and L. minor was very 

 conspicuous, owing to the birds' size and to the fact that 

 when looking out for food they take up a position of 

 vantage on top of a ])Ost or bush. 



On 25tli August the species was already abundant, (juite 



