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to the Ornithology of Egypt. 
I shot on December 9th, 1906, in the Zoological Gardens. 
It was in company with severa. others. I have since heard 
and seen this species on two or three occasions during the 
winter months. 
6. Monticola saxatilis (Linn.). 
Monticola saxatilis Shelley, p. 70. 
The Rock-Thrush appears to be migratory in the province. 
1 have at present only seen it during the spring migration 
in April. 
7. Monticola cyanus (Linn.). 
Monticola cyanus Shelley, p. 70. 
I possess two male specimens of the Blue Rock-Thrush— 
one shot at the Pyramids of Giza on November 9th, 1906, 
and the other from Abu Roash on April 6th, 1907. I have 
personally met with this species in spring and autumn in the 
province of Giza. 
8. Saxicola cenanthe (Linn.). 
Saxicola cenanthe Shelley, p. 71. 
The Common Wheatear appears to be a regular spring and 
autumn migrant, though, so far as I have been at present 
able to ascertain, it does not visit us in large numbers. On 
arrival here in autumn the adult birds are in full winter- 
plumage—the feathers of the upper parts and the wing- 
coverts and quills are broadly edged with brown. I can at 
present see no signs of any spring moult in adults of this 
species ; the grey upper parts of the male are assumed by a 
casting of the brown edges of the feathers of the winter- 
plumage and the quill-feathers turn entirely black—in adult 
males—by the same process. 
9. Saxicola cenanthe leucorrhoa Stejneger. 
This large form of the Common Wheatear passes through 
Egypt on both spring and autumn migrations, though it 
always appears later than the common form. I have from 
the province of Giza an adult male shot by Capt. J. W. H. 
Seppings on May 15th, 1907, and an adult male shot by 
myself on November 17th, 1908. 
