360 Mr. W. Raw on the [Ibis, 
115. Alcedo atthis atthis (= A. ispida pallida auct.). 
Kingfisher. 
Arrives at Abn Zabaal towards the end of August and 
remains throughout the winter, leaving again in April. 
I have compared specimens from Abu Zabaal at the 
British Museum and refer them to this form. 
116. lynx torquilla torquilla. Wryneck. 
More numerous as a spring migrant than in the autumn. 
Average dates 5 April and 12 September. 
117. Cuculus canorus canorus. Cuckoo. 
Not uncommon on both migrations. I shot a male as late 
as 6 May, 1916, and another on 15 September, 1918. 
118. Cuculus canorus telephonus. Cuckoo. 
I include provisionally under this name a race of Cuckoos 
which pass through Abu Zabaal each spring. A bird shot 
by me on 6 May, 1916, was identified by Mr. M. J. Nicoll 
as C. c. saturatus. Every successive spring I obtained 
specimens, and a pair were shot out of a bunch of nine seen 
on 17 April, 1917. On 21 May, 1917, I shot a beautiful 
hepatic form out on the desert, and a bird only less red and 
beautiful was shot at the Birket Accrashi on 5 May, 1917. 
I gave all my specimens except one to the Giza Museum 
and Mr. J. L. Bonhote. I compared my specimen with birds 
in the British Museum, and matched it with five or six large¬ 
winged birds from western Asia. These were as yet un¬ 
identified, and may possibly be a new race hitherto undescribed. 
I hope to compare the birds in Mr. Bonhote’s collection 
shortly. I submitted my bird to Dr. E. Hartert, and he 
kindly gave me his opinion on it as follows :—“Your bird 
is as large 'as largest telephonus , but it does not show a 
particularly finely-barred underside. No such race is known 
which combines the larger size of telephonus with the stronger 
barring of C. c. canorus. I would therefore call it telephonus .” 
It certainly is not C. c. saturatus , which Dr. Hartert 
informs me should be called Cuculus optatus , and which 
is unlikely to occur in Egypt. 
