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described as resembling the “ cheep 31 of a very young chicken 
in distress ; by this it may be easily distinguished from the 
typical Chiffchaff, and so loud is the note that the bird makes 
its presence known at some distance. All those that I have 
met with seem much shyer than the typical form, and conse¬ 
quently are much more difficult to obtain. They are winter 
residents here, and are smaller and darker than typical 
specimens. 
43. Scotocerca inquieta (Cretzsch.). (Plate IV.) 
Malurus inquietus Cretzsch mar, in Ruppell’s Atlas. 
Curruca fumula Hemp. &Ehrenb. Symb.Phys.fol. bb, 1833. 
Drymceca eremita Tristram, Ibis, 1867, p. 76. 
Drymceca inquieta Heuglin,Ornith. Nordost-Africa's, vol. i. 
p. 244. 
Scotocerca inquieta innesi Nicoll, Bull. B. O. C. vol. xxi. 
p. 98 (May 1908). 
The Egyptian examples of Scotocerca appear to be iden¬ 
tical with birds from the typical locality—-Sinai, though they 
are quite distinct from Asiatic specimens. The latter are 
greyer above and lack the white superciliary stripe of 
the typical form. The Scotocerca inquieta innesi which I 
described from Egypt must therefore be referred to the 
typical form. When comparing my examples at the British 
Museum I—seeing only Asiatic specimens and finding that 
these were labelled “ Scotocerca inquieta 33 and that both 
Dresser (Man. Pal. Birds, p. 142) and Sharpe ( f Hand-list/ 
vol.iv. p. 234) gave the range of Scotocerca inquieta (Cretzsch.) 
as from Arabia Petrsea to N.W. Pnnjaub and N.W. of the 
Indus—ventured to describe the Egyptian bird as a new 
form. Dr. Hartert subsequently pointed out my mistake 
to me and I take this opportunity of correcting it. 
The typical Scotocerca inquieta is found in Egypt near 
Cairo, and in Palestine and Sinai, the Persian and Trans¬ 
caspian birds belonging to distinctly different subspecies. 
At present I only know of one locality in Egypt where 
this “ Scrub-Warbler ” may be met with, i.e. the Wadi Hof, 
near H el wan in the Giza Province. This Wadi Hof is a 
