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  CiSTICOLA 
  SUBRUFICAPILLA. 
  (Cat. 
  B. 
  vii. 
  p. 
  283.) 
  

   Very 
  common 
  on 
  Mombasa 
  Island 
  near 
  the 
  fort. 
  It 
  

   usually 
  has 
  the 
  soft 
  plumage 
  puffed 
  out 
  like 
  a 
  Tit's, 
  but 
  

   occasionally 
  compresses 
  it 
  to 
  the 
  body, 
  and 
  then 
  has 
  a 
  very 
  

   graceful 
  appearance, 
  in 
  spite 
  of 
  the 
  rather 
  coarse 
  legs 
  and 
  feet, 
  

   which 
  are 
  conspicuously 
  flesh-coloured. 
  It 
  often 
  utters 
  a 
  

   note 
  like 
  " 
  chizzick/' 
  frequently 
  repeating 
  it 
  from 
  a 
  tele- 
  

   graph 
  wire. 
  These 
  wires 
  must 
  be 
  regarded 
  by 
  the 
  birds 
  

   here 
  as 
  a 
  most 
  useful 
  innovation, 
  affording, 
  as 
  they 
  do, 
  a 
  

   very 
  convenient 
  perch. 
  

  

  EiiiTHACus 
  LusciNiA. 
  (Cat. 
  B. 
  V. 
  p. 
  294.) 
  

   A 
  Nightingale 
  came 
  aboard 
  in 
  the 
  Mediterranean 
  on 
  Sep- 
  

   tember 
  28 
  th. 
  

  

  Saxicola 
  (enanthe. 
  (Cat. 
  B. 
  v. 
  p. 
  391.) 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  evening 
  of 
  September 
  30th 
  a 
  Wheatear 
  came 
  to 
  

   the 
  ship, 
  apparently 
  weary, 
  but 
  flew 
  low 
  over 
  it 
  without 
  

   settling. 
  

  

  BUTICILLA 
  PHCENICURUS. 
  (Cat. 
  B. 
  V. 
  p. 
  336.) 
  

   A 
  female 
  Redstart 
  was 
  on 
  the 
  rigging 
  on 
  October 
  4th, 
  two 
  

   days 
  after 
  we 
  left 
  Naples. 
  

  

  MOTACILLA 
  FLAVA. 
  (Cat. 
  B. 
  X. 
  p. 
  510.) 
  

  

  Wagtails, 
  apparently 
  of 
  this 
  species, 
  frequently 
  flew 
  about 
  

   and 
  came 
  aboard 
  on 
  the 
  journey 
  home, 
  some 
  in 
  the 
  Red 
  Sea 
  

   and 
  some 
  in 
  the 
  Mediterranean. 
  Indeed 
  scarcely 
  a 
  day 
  

   passed 
  without 
  some 
  bird 
  or 
  other 
  coming 
  aboard, 
  but 
  it 
  was 
  

   not 
  always 
  possible 
  to 
  identify 
  the 
  small 
  Passerines. 
  A 
  Sylvia 
  

   in 
  the 
  Red 
  Sea 
  and 
  a 
  P/iylloscojJus 
  in 
  the 
  Mediterranean 
  came 
  

   aboard 
  and 
  I 
  caged 
  them, 
  but 
  they 
  soon 
  died, 
  though 
  the 
  

   former 
  fed. 
  The 
  Wagtails 
  were 
  often 
  very 
  tame, 
  but 
  I 
  could 
  

   not 
  catch 
  them. 
  

  

  Sturnus 
  vulgaris. 
  (Cat. 
  B. 
  xiii. 
  p. 
  27.) 
  

   A 
  pair 
  alighted 
  on 
  the 
  ship 
  on 
  October 
  4th, 
  but 
  left 
  imme- 
  

   diately, 
  and 
  I 
  saw 
  another 
  on 
  the 
  following 
  day. 
  

  

  Hyphantornis 
  bojeri. 
  (Cat. 
  B. 
  xiii. 
  p. 
  448.) 
  

   This 
  bird 
  was 
  extremely 
  abundant 
  at 
  Mombasa, 
  especially 
  

   on 
  the 
  island, 
  if 
  the 
  dull 
  streaky 
  greenish-yellow 
  specimens, 
  

  

  