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small snails which cluster on the twigs of the Salsola in that 

 arid region. 



106. Ardea cinerea. 



On the banks of the Jordan. 



107. Egretta alba. 

 Marshes near Jaffa. 



108. Egretta garzetta. 



In the same marshes in considerable numbers. 



109. BuPHUs russatus, Wagl. 



Very abundant in the moist meadows round Jaffa. 



110. BuPHUs coMATUs (Pallas). 

 In the same locality as the last. 



111. Ardeola minuta (Linn.). 



I flushed one, which I did not obtain^ near the mouth of the 

 Jordan. 



112 Numenius tenuirostris ? 



Some Curlews which I saw near Kirjath-jearim I take to 

 have been of this species. 



113. Rhynchaspis clypeata. 



The only duck I met with in Palestine was a solitary male 

 Shoveller flying up the course of the Jordan. 



114. Pelecanus crispus. 



An immense flock of this Pelican passed us, swimming out to 

 sea, when within sight of Mount Carmel. 



115. Sterna leucoptera. 



One specimen, apparently a straggler, at Jaffa. 



116. Sterna caspia. 



Several of these splendid Terns were fishing close to the shore 

 at Jaffa. 



117. Xema melanocephalum. 

 Abundant at Jaffa. 



118. Larus fuscus. 



In the same locality, very abundant. 



