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rocky valley in tlie hills. I believe the bird to be a resident 
in this locality, as I have met with it and obtained examples 
in February, August, and December. It is extremely wild 
and shy for a small bird, and specimens are obtained with 
considerable difficulty. It seldom, if ever, takes refuge in 
a bush, but flies ahead, occasionally settling on the top of a 
rock. When hard pressed it invariably either flutters up the 
steep sides of the valley or flies away out of sight. The 
call-note of this bird is a shrill chirp and the song a short 
trill. It is not included in Shelley’s * Birds of Egypt/ 
44. Drymceca gracilis deltae (Rich.). 
Drymceca gracilis Shelley, p. 98. 
The Graceful Wren-Warbler is resident in the Giza Pro¬ 
vince. Numbers nest in the Zoological Gardens. 
45. Cisticola cisticola (Temm.). 
Cisticola schoenicola Shelley, p. 97. 
The Fan-tailed Warbler is abundant aud resident in the 
province. 
[46. Hypolais polyglotta. 
Phyllopneuste hippolais Shelley, p. 103. 
Capt. Shelley did not meet with the Melodious Tree- 
Warbler in Egypt, and I have no positive record of its 
occurrence ; but I fancy that I have seen it once in September 
and once in March in the Giza Zoological Gardens.] 
47. Hypolais pallida (Hempr. & Ehr.). 
Hypolais elaeica Shelley, p. 100. 
The Olivaceous Tree-W T arbler is the most abundant of our 
breeding birds. The first individuals appear towards the end 
of March and at once begin singing. The song at first 
resembles that of the Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus streperus), 
but after the birds have been here a few weeks their notes 
become richer. I believe the Olivaceous Warbler to have 
two moults in the year. The nests are placed in a varietv 
of situations, usually in tall clumps of flowering plants or 
shrubs, but I have found several in the lower branches of 
fir-trees aud one in a branch of Bougainvillia overhanging 
water. Ry the end of October all the birds have taken their 
