488 Mr. Douglas Carruthers on Birds 



the Ghor es Sarfeh. During three seasons in Syria and 

 Palestine this was the only locality where I came across it. 



41. Halcyon smyrnensis. 



Halcyon smyrnensis Tristr. Pal. p. 87; Sharpe, Cat. B. 

 xvii. p. 222. 



This is a common bird on the mountain-torrents that flow 

 into the Dead Sea from the east, where it feeds on the 

 shoals of fish that inhabit all those streams. 



I never saw the Pied Kingfisher in the vicinity of the Dead 

 Sea, but on the Upper Jordan and on the Sea of Tiberias 

 Ceryle rudis is the commoner bird and Halcyon smyrnensis 

 the rarer. 



42. CURSORIUS GALLICUS. 



Cursorius gallicus Tristr. Pal. p. 128 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. 

 xxiv. p. 34. 



a. ? . Teima, N.W. Arabia. 28 Feb., 1909. 



This bird was seen on the deserts near the Oases of Tebuk 

 and Teima. 



43. ScOLOPAX RUSTICULA. 



Scolopax rusticula Tristr. Pal. p. 132 ; Sharpe, Cat. E. 

 xxiv. p. 671. 



I saw the Common Woodcock on one occasion in the Oasis 

 of Teima. 



44. TURTUR COMMUNIS. 



Turtur communis Tristr. Pal. p. 120; Salvadori, Cat. B. 

 xxi. p. 396. 



This Dove is very common in the oleander groves in the 

 declivities of: the Moab Plateau. 



45. Pterocles arenarius. 



Pterocles arenarius Tristr. Pal. p. 122 j Grant, Cat. B. 

 xxii. p. 18. 



Large flocks of this Sandgrouse were observed in the Belka 

 country in the Land of Moab, but during my three hundred 

 miles' journey to the south-east of that district I never saw 

 any of this species. 



