Mr. W. Raw on the 
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[Ibis, 
in May. I once found fresh eggs of this species in a House- 
Sparrow’s nest, eight feet from the ground, in an orange- 
tree. Nothing had apparently been added to the sparrow’s 
nest by the Rufous Warblers. I had previously taken the 
eggs of both pairs of birds. 
[In 1909-10 I found four eggs the normal clutch for first 
layings, and May 10 the best date for fresh eggs. In the 
Fayum a nest had four fresh eggs on 5 May, 1910.—R. S.] 
68 . Scotocerca inquieta inquieta. Scrub-Warbler. 
Although not occurring at Abu Zabal, where the desert 
is too void of rocks and. bushes to suit its requirements, I 
found this species breeding in the Wadi Hof, about twenty 
miles south of Cairo, and it also occurs in the wadis behind 
the citadel. Mr. M. J. Nicoll has found egos in the Wadi 
Hof as early as the first of March, and Major J. W. Borman 
found them there, I think, equally early. I, however, found 
one full clutch of five fresh eggs, one of four, and a single 
egg in the same place on 24 March, 1918. Several nests 
were then seen, yet unfinished. 
This bird is very tame whilst breeding, and the male has a 
pleasing song. The nest, which resembles that of a Long¬ 
tailed Tit minus the lichen trimmings, is lined with feathers, 
pieces of string, or soft rag, and is to be found in the 
largest of the bushes which find an existence in the bottom 
of the wadi. The nest is usually about two feet from the 
ground, and not well concealed, 
[In the Wadi Hof I found two nests with one and two 
fresh eggs respectively on 13 March, 1910, and another 
with four hard-set eggs on 6 April, 1910. One nest was 
lined entirely with Woodcocks’ feathers, probably collected 
from a dead migrant.—R. S.] 
69. Prinia gracilis gracilis. Fayum Graceful Warbler. 
This species does not occur at Abu Zabal, but I secured 
its eggs in the Fayum, where it is abundant, on 14 March, 
1917. The nest, eggs, and habits differ in no way from the 
two following subspecies. 
