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not enlarged, and the gizzard contained beetles. Mr. Nicoll 
tells me that L. p. niloticus is much the commoner species in 
Giza Province, and he has apparently not met with the typical 
form himself. 
26. L. nubicus, Licht.—One seen near the Great Pyramids 
on April 30th, and one in the Giza Gardens a few days later. 
27. Muscicapa grisola, Linn. — One or two seen near Giza 
nearly every day; the last was seen on May 15th at Lake 
Mariotis. The sexual organs were not enlarged. A rather tired 
and out-of-place migrant was shot in the rocky valley of Wadi 
Hof on May 5th; it was not at all fat. 
28. M. atricapilla atricapilla, Linn. — One seen in the palms 
near the Great Pyramids on April 30th, and one female obtained 
at Inchas on May 2nd; its ovary was not enlarged. 
29. Hirundo rustica savignu, Steph.— Common round the 
Great Pyramids, the Pyramids of Sakkara, and at Inchas; a 
female shot at the latter place on May 2nd had a soft-shelled egg 
in the oviduct. Young on the wing were noted on May 9th. 
Only one seen at Alexandria, possibly because the native villages, 
the mud houses of which seem to be their favourite breeding 
quarters, were not visited. 
30. H. rustica rustica, Linn.— Common round Cairo until 
May 18th, when I left. From May 14th to 18th great numbers 
were passing Lake Mariotis in a north-east direction. Numbers 
increased towards evening every day, when flock after flock 
went by, together with Sand-Martins and House-Martins. Mr. 
Raymond Clarke, of Alexandria, informs me (im litt.) that this 
Swallow was still passing through that place up to June 6th, 
when his opportunities for observing ceased. 
31. Chelidon urbica (Linn.). —A flock seen near Giza on 
April 30th, and single birds on May 7th near Helouan. At Lake 
Mariotis, on May 14th to 18th, this species: was migrating in 
small numbers with the last species. 
82. Cotile riparia riparia (Linn.).— Large flocks near the 
Great Pyramids on April 30th, and large numbers flying north- 
east in the evenings of May 14th and 15th at Lake Mariotis, © 
together with Swallows and Martins. 
33. C. riparia shelleyi, Sharpe.-—Common on the edge of the 
cultivation near the Great Pyramids, and at Inchas, where on 
