220 (jol. R. Meiiiertzlia-eii on the [Ibis, 



gardens till IG. ix., when tlioy complotely disappeared. On 

 21. ix. a new influx arrived, mostly females and immature 

 hii'ds ; a few were noticed in October, but none in November. 

 A bidated female seen on 15. xii. 



The spring [)assage seems to be C()m[)lete by the last week 

 in March. They were breeding on Mount Carmel in April, 

 wh(!n eggs were found. 



Sylvia communis. 



S. c. communis ]jatli. 



The passage migrants, of which eleven were ol)tained, 

 were all the western race, but no breeding birds were 

 obtained. The autunni passage commenced at Rafa on 

 15. viii. and ended on 24. ix., during which period they were 

 connnon. 



Two nests with slightl^^-incubated eggs were found near 

 Jaffa at the end of May, but this may refer to the eastern 

 race, icterops, which certainly breeds in the Jordan Valley 

 if not throughout Palestine. 



Sylvia curruca. 



S. c. CHvvuca (L.). 



The autumn passage at llafa commenced on 31. viii., 

 and specimens became plentiful from o. ix. to 30. ix. By 

 10. X. they were scarce, and wtsre only once seen in November; 

 the last was noted on 15. xii. One was observed near 

 Ramleh on 2. i. 



A few were seen in the Jordan Valley in the middle of 

 March. The first spring arrivals at Jaffa appeared on l.iii., 

 in which locality they bred freely. 



S. c. affin'is Blyth. 

 One was obtained on 3. ix, Nicoll informs me this race 

 occurs not uncommonly during spring and autumn in 

 Egypt every year. 



Sylvia melanocephala. 



S. III. moiiiKs (Kemp. & Ehr.). 

 A few were seen throughout the year in the gardens at 

 Rafa, Khan Yunus, and Gaza. (Common in the coastal plains 



