to the Ornithology of Egypt. 411 



LUSCINIA SUECICA SUECICA. 



Cyanecula suecica Shelley, p. 85 ; Loat, Ibis, 1905, 

 p. 455. 



Tlie Red-spotted Blue-throat was not actually obtained in 

 the Wadi during my visit, nor have I yet examined a 

 specimen from there, although I am certain that I correctly 

 identified several examples amongst the numbers of Blue- 

 throats which frequented the fresh-water springs near the 

 Salt Lakes. During my stay I shot but two Blue-throats, 

 one which I took to be of this race and one of the white- 

 spotted form. I now find that the former belongs to the 

 subspecies next to be mentioned, i. e. L. s. volgce. 



In November 1911 all the Blue-throats met with were 

 immature examples, and therefore impossible to assign to 

 any race. 



LusciNiA SUECICA voLG.E (Klcinschm.) . 



Erithacus volgce Kleinschmidt, Falco, iii. No. 2, p. 47 

 (1907). 



Luscinia suecica volgce (Kleinschm.), Hartert, Vog. d. pal. 

 F. vol. i. p. 749. 



I shot an adult male on March 22nd, 1910, which from 

 the bleached condition of its primaries — the outer webs of 

 which are nearly white — had evidently wintered, or at least 

 spent some time in the Wadi. 



The subspecies differs from the Red-spotted Blue-throat 

 by having a considerable amount of white on the breast- 

 spot ; in some the spot is almost entirely white. 



Luscinia suecica cyanecula (Wolf). 

 On March 20th, 1910, I shot an adult male White-spotted 

 Blue-throat near one of the fresh-water pools. 



Luscinia megarhynchos megarhynchos Brehm. 



Luscinia megarhynchos megarhynchos Hartert, ^^'6^. d. pal. 

 F. vol. i. p. 733. 



Philomela luscinia Shelley, p, 88. 



The Nightingale was first seen by me on March 21st, 

 1910, and on every subsequent day during my visit. On 



