253 
1921 .] Birds of Lower Egypt. 
Captain W. Shipton, who observed the birds haunting the 
bush whilst he was laid up waiting for ducks to flight. The 
female of this subspecies is of a very skulking disposition 
and extremely difficult to obtain hr the tamarisk thickets. 
I succeeded in shooting two females and several males, and 
also another young bird just on the wing. 
Apart from this locality, I also met with these birds near 
the Moeris Hotel, on the opposite shore of Lake Qarun ; 
and, on a subsequent visit, found it common at the eastern 
end of the lake, where I secured further specimens. I 
believe it to be fairly numerous in suitable places around 
the lake ; but I never met with it at Tamiya or elsewhere 
in the Fayum Province. The egg is very similar to some 
types of the Common Whitethroat, being greenish and 
closely spotted. 
[I can confirm Mr. Raw’s notes on this species, as I 
obtained a young bird unable to fly, and found several old 
nests of the year on an island in Lake Qarun on 29. iii. 10. 
I also found a new nest without eggs. The nests I saw 
were chiefly composed of the stems of tamarisk bushes. 
—R. S/J 
66. Sylvia cantillans albistriata. Subalpine Warbler. 
Observed sparingly in early spring from 15 March to 
12 April. Never identified in the autumn. 
67. Agrobates galactotes galactotes. Rufous Warbler. 
This, our only real song-bird, arrives towards the end of 
March, and is abundant and tame until the end of August. 
Two broods are raised annually, and dwarf date-palms are 
frequently selected to build in, although heaps of rubbish 
and clumps of prickly pears are also much resorted to. The 
middle of May is usually the time for the first full clutches, 
and I have found fresh eggs on 18 June. Two to three is 
normally all that one finds in a clutch, but some years sets of 
four are more common. Major F. W. Borman found 
clutches of five not uncommon farther north, near Lake 
Borollos, in June 1918. It also breeds in the Wadi Nat run 
