172 Commander H. Lyiies on a 



Athens. — Pleutiful 13tli-23rcl April. No notes made as 

 to its breeding. 



Malta. — On passage only. 



Sicily. — Met witli breeding in the grottoes on the rivers in 

 the Cavas ; one small colony of about five pairs liad small 

 young on 31st May, and one single nest had five fresh eggs 

 on 4tli June. Some of these nests were only a few inelies 

 above the surface of the water. 



Chelidox rustica savignii (Steph.). 



This resident Egyptian Swallow was but seldom seen at 

 Port Said, probably because that locality is unlike its true 

 home, viz., the Nile Delta and its vicinity, where in mid- 

 winter it was found plentiful, frequenting the pools in the 

 water-lying marshes. 



At Port Said none were seen until 30th September, after 

 which single birds or parties of three or four were observed 

 from time to time, sometimes in company with migrating 

 C. rustica. 



A few were also seen near Damietta at the end of 

 November. 



HlRUNDO UKBICA URBICA (L.) . 



Eyypt. — No record of a House-Martin between August 

 and January. 



Crete. — First individual seen 11th April, after which the 

 numbers steadily increased. No note was made as to whether 

 the species breeds or is migrant onh^ 



Sicily. — At end of May the bird was breeding very 

 abundantly in caves among the precipitous limestone cliffs 

 of the Cavas district. 



Spain, near Gibraltar. — On 24th February, at sunset, a 

 small colony were flying in and out of what seemed to be 

 their last year's nests, in the roof of a cave in a limestone 

 cliff where a Griffon Vulture w^as sitting on one egg. 



ElPARiA RIPARIA. 



The Sand-Martin was met with as a migrant (only) from 

 east to west of the Mediterranean. 



Eyypt. — On 25th August the species was abundant and 



