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[Ibis, 
93. Lnscinia megarhyncha megarhyncha. Nightingale. 
Seen commonly in the crops when quail-shooting in April; 
also sparingly in the autumn. One heard singing 6 April, 
1917. 
94. Lnscinia snecica snecica. Red-spotted Bluethroat. 
Numbers winter at Abu Zabal. Frequently seen in the 
damper places when snipe-shooting, etc. ; also frequents the 
herbage on the canal sides and the cotton-fields. Sometimes 
remains until May. 
95. Lnscinia snecica volgae. White-spotted Bluethroat. 
Less numerous than the above form, but obtained annually 
at the Birket Accrashi, where it may be found during the 
winter. 
96. Erithacus rubecula rubecula. Robin. 
A pair or so wintered every year in our garden. Very 
shy and retiring. Never observed later than 19 March. 
97. Hirundo rustica rustica. European Swallow. 
Numerous in spring and autumn. Observed as late as the 
end of May. 
98. Hirundo rustica savignii. Egyptian Swallow. 
Common and resident. Usually builds in native houses, 
under verandahs and railway bridges, and has been found by 
Major F. W. Borman in dug-outs on the Suez Canal. In the 
last week in April I saw a nest under a wharf on the Suez 
Canal within a few feet of the water. I have also seen nests 
in some of the busiest streets in Cairo, such as Mohamed Ali 
Street, just clear of the heads of pedestrians. The eggs are 
usually laid about the beginning of May, though sometimes 
earlier. There is considerable variation in the size of the 
eggs, some specimens being very small, and others as large 
as normal eggs of the European Swallow. 
[My dates are—Tour eggs incubated 31. iii. 09 ; nests with 
eggs 21. iii. 94,15. iv. 94 ; eggs and also young 8. vi. 1893— 
so it is evidently double- or treble-brooded. Four is the 
usual clutch.—R. S.] 
