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little. Some naturalists consider that A. cervinus and A. 
pratensis are not to be distinguished in winter, but there is 
an appreciable difference in the colour of the back. I am 
not aware that I saw any Pipits at the Faioum. 
97. WATER PIPpIT, Anthus spipoletta (Linn.). 
I shot one at Mientanosara, near Ziftey, February 6th, 
and bought another in the market at Cairo. 
98. TAWwNyY PIPIT, Anthus campestris (Linn.). 
Is rather common. Specimens shot out of a flock on 
March 12th were in winter plumage, while some shot before 
were in breeding plumage. I never saw it perch on trees, 
which the Anthus cervinus sometimes does. 
99. WHITE-WINGED WAGTAIL, Motacilla vidua, Sund. 
A specimen was obtained at the First Cataract, where 
everybody meets with it: but it appears that it is not very 
common even at this, its northern limit, or we should have 
shot more than one, 
100. WHITE WAGTAIL, Motacilla alba, Linn.; 
“Abu fasada.” 
This is by far the commonest bird in the Delta in the 
winter. And really they rather pall on you after a time, 
for one sees White Wagtails at every step, in every field, 
on every pathway, and frequently in company with Sand- 
pipers on the sand-banks—-singly, in pairs, in family parties, 
in flocks of hundreds; and sometimes they came upon the 
Diabeyha. A large flock will generally have some Red- 
