to the Ornithology of Egypt, 407 



Lastly, I would offer my best thanks to the Hon. Walter 

 Rothschild and Dr. Ernst Hartert for their great kindness 

 in permitting me to work out my collections at the Tring 

 Museum. Only those who have had the good fortune to 

 work at that magnificent institution will understand what a 

 great help it has been to me in the preparation of the 

 present paper. 



Finally, I would mention that this paper is, I hope, 

 but a first instalment of the avifauna of the Wadi Natron. 

 It seems to me that the material already accumulated should 

 be described without loss of time, seeing that it includes 

 several new and many little-known facts relating to the 

 birds of Egypt. 



1. TuRDUS Musicus Linn. 



Turdus musicus Linn. Syst. Nat. xii. p. 292 (1766) ; 

 Shelley, Birds of Egypt, p. 66. 



I have a Song-Thusli shot by Mr. Balboni on December 

 20th, 1910. During my visit in November 1911 I saw au 

 example on two occasions. 



Song-Thrushes from Egypt, where tbey are winter visitors, 

 are nearer to British examples than to the typical Grey- 

 backed continental form, but for the present I place them 

 under the name given above. 



2. Turdus pilaris Linn. 

 Turdus -pilaris Shelley, p. 66. 



A Fieldfare was shot by Mr. Balboni on December 20th, 

 1910, and was forw^arded to me with the Song-Thrush 

 mentioned above. This species seems to be a scarce winter 

 visitor to Egypt, and its occurrence in the Wadi Natron, 

 where there is little to attract Thrushes, is remarkable. 



Turdus merula syriacus. 



During my visit in March Mr. Balboni saw a Blackbird 

 in the garden near the factory. 



[All the Blackbirds in my collection from Giza are 

 referable to T. m. si/riacus.~\ 



