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Col. R. Meinertzhagen on the [Ibis, 
moderate white foreheads, and the fourth has a narrow white 
forehead. The female is typical of (Enantlie oe. cenant/ie , and 
has a wing of 90 and culmen of 17 mm. These birds, un¬ 
doubtedly on spring passage, all belong to the typical race. 
(Enanthe hispanica melanoleuca (Griild.). 
Saxicola Ji. xanthomelcena (H. & E.) ; Hartert, Yog. pal. 
Fauna, p. 687. 
Two breeding males obtained belong to this eastern race. 
Black-throated and white-throated birds appear to be in 
equal numbers. 
Fairly common below 3000 feet. Not seen above that 
altitude, though Trevor-Battye states they occur up to 
6000 feet in the White Mountains in western Crete. 
Saxicola torquata rubicola (L.). 
Two males and a female do not vary from typical specimens 
except that their culmens are on the large side, measuring 
14 and 15 mm. The back of the two males is of a par¬ 
ticularly intense black, but this also occurs among others 
from southern Europe. 
The Stonechat occurred as a breeding bird at all elevations, 
being commoner at higher elevations than in the plains. 
Luscinia megarhynchos megarhynchos Brehm. 
The western race of the Nightingale breeds in Crete up 
to 2000 feet wherever suitable conditions prevail. They 
were beginning to go off song about the third week in June. 
Two adults were obtained. 
Troglodytes troglodytes subsp. ? 
Four adults and two young birds obtained. The culmen 
is large, varying from 13*5 to 15 mm. In typical Trog¬ 
lodytes t. troglodytes the culmen does not exceed 13*75 mm. 
The culmen is nearer that of T. t. Cypriotes or kabylorum. 
The plumage of the adults is so worn that I have been 
unable to say definitely whether they are a new form or not. 
They appear to be greyer and more streaked on the back 
than other closely-allied forms, but this might be due to 
abrasion and bleaching. 
