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The Kill-deer Plover has a wide range in America, extending 

 from the Arctic Regions to Mexico (Salle, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1857, 

 p. 206) and Guatemala (Ibis, 1859, p. 228). It is also occa- 

 sionally met with in the Bermudas during winter. The only 

 wonder, I think, is that it has not been before noted in Eng- 

 land*, where so many other American species of less extended 

 range and more limited powers of flight have already occurred. 



XXX. — Note on the Birds of Palestine. 

 By the Rev. H, B. Tristram. 



I HAVE recently had an opportunity of examining two collections 

 of birds from Palestine, one of which, made by the Rev. Ridley 

 H. Herschell, is of considerable extent. As these collections 

 contain upwards of twenty species which escaped my observation 

 when in that country, it may not be out of place to enumerate 

 them, though the additions are of small interest, except as show- 

 ing the very close affinity which exists between the avifauna of 



* There are 49 species of the Suborder Grallce enumerated in Baird's 

 ' North American Birds,' one of which {Hcematopus ater) is very doubtful^ 

 and one (Philomachus pugnax) is a European straggler in America. Out 

 of these 9 are commor^^to Europe and North America : namely, 



Squatarola helvetica. Tringa niaritima. 



Strepsilas interpres. „ subarcuata. 



Phalaropus h)rperboreus. „ alpina. 



„ fulicarius. Calidris areiiaria. 



Tringa canutus. 

 Out of the ^8 remaining species 1 1 have been already registered as acci- 

 dental visitors to Europe : namely, 



Charadrius virginicus. Gambetta flavipes. 



Macrorhamphus griseus. Tringoides macularius. 



a. Actodromas maculata. Actiturus bartramius. 



b. „ wilsoni. Tringites rufescens. 



c. „ bonapartii. Numenius borealis. 

 Symphemia semipalmata. 



a. = Tringa pectoralis, Auctt. Britt. 



b. = Tringa pusilla, Auctt. Britt. 



c. r= Tringa schinzii, Auctt. Britt. 



so that the occuiTcnce of others of this wandering suborder may be reason- 

 ably expected. 



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