286 Mr. M. J. Nicoll— Contributions 
1. Turdus music us Linn. 
Turdus musicus Shelley, Birds of Egypt, p. 66. 
The Song-Thrush is a regular winter visitor, arriving in 
late autumn and remaining till early spring. I have on 
several occasions counted from twelve to fifteen examples 
together on one of the lawns in the Giza Zoological 
Gardens about sunset. During the day they frequent the 
tops of the various species of Ficus , where they feed on 
the small figs. The examples which I have examined in 
Egypt are paler above than most British specimens. I have 
frequently heard the Thrush singing in the Giza Zoological 
Gardens. 
2. Turdus iliacus Linn. 
The Redwing, which is not mentioned by Shelley or any 
other writer on Egyptian birds—so far as I can ascertain,— 
appears to be a winter and spring visitor here in small 
numbers. I have never met with more than two individuals 
together. I possess a male specimen, obtained in the 
Zoological Gardens on March 18th, 1907. 
3. Turdus pilaris Linn. 
Turdus pilaris Shelley, p. 65. 
The Fieldfare seems to be a rare visitor to Egypt. On 
November 13th, 1906, I watched an example feeding on one 
of the lawns in the Zoological Gardens, and on the 21st of 
that month I saw five individuals flying high over the same 
part of the Gardens. A few days later I found a number of 
feathers of a Fieldfare—the bird had evidently been killed 
by a Sparrow-Hawk. 
4. Turdus merula Linn., subsp.? 
Turdus merula Shelley, p. 66. 
The Blackbird is a regular winter visitor to Egypt. In 
some years it is more numerous than in others. All the 
individuals that I have met with have been very shy, and in 
the Zoological Gardens they keep to the thickest bushes and 
are rarely seen on the lawns. 
5. Turdus torquatus Linn. 
Turdus torquatus Shelley, p. 67. 
I have an adult male Ring-Ousel in winter-plumage, which 
