678 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXVI. 



Macqueens Bustard or 

 Houbara. 



Several of these birds were seen near Hit in March 

 and April. 2^ brace were shot there on the 



1918. 



were 

 Some also 



Moorhen, Water 



and Coot. 

 Purple Moorhen. 



Rail 



2nd October 

 at Ramadi. 

 Common in the marshes of the Euphrates 



have been shot 



Common Sand- 

 Re d s h a n k 

 Greenshank. 



■Common Snipe. 



•Common Gull. 

 Paddy Bird. 



piper, 

 and 



A specimen was 



Ramadi, September 1918 

 Not uncommon. 



caught in the D. H. Q. Garden at 



Cora mor ant, 

 and White 



Pelican 



Stork. 



Common Heron anc 



Night Heron. 

 Brahminy Duck. 



Imperial Sandgrouse. 

 Common Sandgrouse. 

 Linnet. 



Plover. 



LIST OF WILD 



Daisy (White & Yellow). Thyme. 



Iris. Stonecrop. 



Orchid. Thistle. 



Fumitory. Dead-Nettle. 



Poppy (Red & Purple.) Pink. 

 Pimpernel (Blue & Red). Rock Rose. 



Hawk Weed. Corncockle. 



Dandelion. Mulein. 



Salvia. Rock-Cress. 



Campion. Saxifrage. 



Silene. Cranesbill. 



Wild Mustard. Persicarius. 



Yarrow. Trefoil. 



Grape Hyacinth. Marigold. 



Forget-me-Not. Woodruff. 



Hounds Tongue. Wild Aster. 



Plantain. Sorrel. 



Burdock. Night Stock. 

 Toad Flax. 

 Vetch. 



15th Division, Mesopotamia, 

 8th October 1918. 



Met with throughout Euphrates Valley. Observed 

 to be very abundant along Euphrates old Channel, 

 December 1915, and on borders of Hammar Lake. 



Seen as far North as Hit. Collects in flocks 

 during Winter months. 



Seen at Nasiriyah and Ramadi. A Pale Harrier 

 was seen to have killed one of these near Jack- 

 son's House on the Habiniyah Escape (Habini- 

 yah Escape is at Ramadie), October 1917. 



Were seen in large numbers on Bv.taniyah Lake 

 near Nasiriyah, January 1916. Also in the 

 Habiniyah Lake near Ramadie. 

 I Seen and heard at Ramadi. 



Several seen and shot, Ramadi, December 1917. 



Golden Eye and every kind of duck are abundant. 

 Found in large numbers throughout Mesopotamia. 



Do. do. do. 



Flocks of these birds were seen on Ramadi Grass 



Farm in September 1918. 

 Not uncommon throughout Euphrates Valley. 



FLOWERS FOUND AT KHAN BAGIIDADI, 



April 1918. 



Lungwort. 



Feverfew. 



Sanfoin. 



Ragwort. 



Figwort. 



Maidenhair Fern. 



Eyebright (Veronica). 



Chickweed. 



Mignonette. 



Mesambryantheminn. 



Cuckoo-Pint. 



Spurge. 



Sandwort. 



Adonis. 



A-gapanthos. 



Mallow. 



Garlic. 



Parsley. 



Medick. 



Ragged Robin. 



H. T. BROOKING, 



Maj.-Genl. 



