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8. Ruticilla phenicurus (Linn.).— A few seen in the Giza 
Gardens on April 28th and 29th, and some of both sexes on the 
edge of the desert on the 30th and May 2nd; the last was seen 
on May 9th. The ovary of a bird obtained was not enlarged. 
9. Daulias luscinia (Linn.). — Few seen in the Giza Gardens 
on April 29th. These did not stop long, and no song was heard. 
The ovary of a bird obtained was not enlarged. 
10. Sylvia cinerea, Bechst.—One seen on the edge of the 
desert near the Great Pyramids on April 80th. 
11. S. curruca (Linn.).—One seen in the Giza Gardens on 
April 29th, and two in the cultivation on May 2nd. A single 
bird was seen near Giza on May 11th. 
12. Aédon galactodes (Temm.).—Common in the Giza Gar- 
dens and in the cultivation round Cairo up to the edge of the 
desert in suitable places. A nest, nearly finished, was found on 
April 80th in a short palm; it was placed between the leaves 
and the trunk, about four feet from the ground. The nest was 
loosely constructed of dried ‘‘ grasses,” and large for the size of 
the bird. Another nest built in a hedge in the Gardens con- 
tained three eggs on May 12th. 
13. Phylloscopus sibilatrix erlangerit, Hartert.—Quite a num- 
ber in the Giza Gardens on April 28th and 29th, and a few on the 
30th and May 1st. One or two seen at Alexandria on May 13th, 
and the last on the 15th. This subspecies is noticeably greyer- 
green on the upper parts than P.s. sibilatrix is. Like other 
migrant Warblers, they were quite silent. The specimens 
obtained, which I believe had arrived a day or so before, were 
very fat, a condition I have noticed in other migrants; whether 
the birds are fat when they arrive, or whether they halt to put on 
fat lost before migrating again further, I know not. In marked 
contrast I found nearly all breeding birds to have little or no fat. 
14. P. rufus, ? subsp.—One seen in the Giza Gardens on 
May 13th, a very late migrant. It was silent. 
: 15. Scotocerca inquieta inquieta (Cretzschm.).—Seen only in the 
_ Wadi Hof, where it was breeding ; a male and female obtained 
_ both had incubation patches. Like other birds in the desert, many 
_ more are seen in the late afternoon than in the heat of the day. 
The food consists of small insects. When sitting on a stone the 
_ tail is “‘ cocked up”’ over the back. 
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