148 Commander II. Lynes on a 



At sea 40' west of Crete. — 29tli April, several individuals 

 of both sexes on migration came on board. It is of interest 

 to note that the stomach of one of these birds contained some 

 insect food which could not have been obtained on board 

 ship ; the stomach of the other was empty. 



Malta. — 18th April, some seen (and perhaps one on 

 12th April). 25th April, both sexes plentiful on migration. 



MUSCICAPA HYPOLEUCA SEMITORQUATA Hom. 



Egyjyt. — A single juvenile only, obtained on 11th Sep- 

 tember. 



[This is a young bird in brown plumage, sexed as a male. 

 The white spot on the primaries shews to the extent of 

 3 mm., and the tail-feathers have more white than in M. h. 

 hypoleucu, the two outer pairs having white outer webs and 

 a yellowish-Avhite line halfway up the centre of the feather ; 

 the next pair is the same, but the M-hite on the outer web 

 does not extend quite to the tip ; the next pair has part 

 of the outer web yellowish white. Dr. Ilartert agrees with 

 me in considering it a specimen of this form. — H. F. W.] 



MUSCICAPA COLLARIS Bcchst. 



Observed as a migrant, but only on very few occasions. 



Malta. — A single male in full plumage was seen 22nd 

 April, and a similar bird was obtained on 27th April at the 

 same spot. This might have been the same bird, but as five 

 days had elapsed, and the species is only a migrant, it seems 

 unlikely. 



Sardinia. — About 1st May, 1907, an adult male was 

 observed. 



MUSCICAPA PARYA Bcchst. 



At midday on 10th October, 1906, when the ship was 

 25' north o£ Alexandria, a Red-breasted Flycatcher, either 

 a young one or a female, settled in the rigging, and after 

 half an hour's rest, flew landwards. The bird AAas tired and 

 could be approached within a few feet. This species owes 

 its introduction into the list of the birds of Egypt to 

 Mr. Nicoll's observation of a single female at Cairo, 11th 

 November, 1903. 



