VIII.—Some Notes on the Birds ofPortugal

T he following notes were made by us in the spring of 1932 in the course of a short holiday spent in South and Central Portugal. We left Southampton at noon on 2 April by the R.M.S.P. 'Alcantara,' and landed at Lisbon at noon on 5 April, and the same evening we reached Setubal. After that our itinerary was as follows:—8 April from Setubal viâ Faro to Villa Real de St. Antonio on the Guadiana River at the extreme south-east of Portugal; 12 April from Villa Real de St. Antonio viâ Faro and Portimão to Monchique; 15 April to Portimão; 16 April to Faro; 17 April to Setubal; 21 April to Lisbon; 23 April to Luso-Bussaco, from which place trips were made to Coimbra, Aveiro, and Pereira; and we left for England on the 30th.     

II.—Notes on Some Birds in Egypt

As a lover of birds who has noted regularly for over twenty-five years all he saw in Egypt I have been most interested to read Col. Meinertzhagen's 'Nicoll's Birds of Egypt' (1930). The following notes in most cases amplify those of Meinertzhagen; in others they show where my observations do not appear to have coincided with his.     

Notes on the Birds of Cyprus

T he following notes were made by me from personal observation during the three months of 1938 that I spent in Cyprus, from 4 February to 7 May. Most of my time was spent in Famagusta, the principal port; from there I made short trips to various parts of the island.