from the Dead Sea and North-western Arabia. 487 



35. HlRUNDO RUSTICA. 



Hirundo rustica Tristr. Pal. p. 61 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. x. 

 p. 128. 



A few Swallows were observed as early as the 16th of 

 February in the desert, near the Oasis of Teima. 



36. Denurocopus syriacus. 

 Picus syriacus Tristr. Pal. p. 85. 



Dendrocupus syriacus Hargitt, Cat. B. xviii. p. 225. 



a. S • Wadi Wali, E. of the Dead Sea. 28 April, 1909. 



I saw only a few of these Woodpeckers in the steep gorges 

 that furrow the declivities of the Moab Plateau. Tristram 

 mentions that they never descend into the Jordan Valley, so 

 it is worthy of notice that this specimen was obtained in the 

 Dead Sea Depression just below ocean-level. 



37. Cypselus affinis. 



Cypselus affinis Tristr. Pal. p. 83 ; Hartert, Cat. B. xvi. 

 p. 453. 



In the Oasis of Teima, in N.W. Arabia, I observed two or 

 three examples of the White-rumped Swift in Feb. 1909. 



38. Caprimulgus europ^eus. 



Caprimulgus europcp.us Tristr. Pal. p. 84 ; Hartert, Cat. B. 

 xvi. p. 526. 



a. ? . Dead Sea Depression. 2 May, 1909. 



39. Upupa epops. 



Upupa epops Tristr. Pal. p. 89 ; Salvin, Cat. B. xvi. p. 4. 

 A single Hoopoe was observed on the barren desert north 

 of the Oasis of Teima on the 18th of February. 



40. Merops persicus. 



Merops persicus Tristr. Pal. p. 88 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. xvii. 

 p. 66. 



a. ? . South shore of Dead Sea. 1 May, 1909. 



b,c. «J. „ „ 6 May, 1909. 



d. ? . „ „ 8 May, 1909. 



The Blue-cheeked Bee-eater was only seen in the southern 

 part of the Dead Sea Depression, in the Ghor el Mezreh and 



