On Birds from the Caspian Sea. 491 



2. SULA BASSANA. 



Sula bassana Grant, Cat. B. xsvi. p. 425. 



Beirut, Syria. 1 March, 1891. 



The occurrence of the Gannet at the eastern end of the 

 Mediterranean Sea is of interest. The nearest locality from 

 which it has been recorded hitherto is the north-west coast 

 of Africa. 



A single example was obtained by Prof. A. E. Day, of the 

 American College at Beirut. It is an adult female in fine 

 plumage. 



3. PUFFINUS KUHLI. 



Puffinus kuhli Salvin, Cat. B. xxv. p. 375. 

 ?. Beirut, Syria. 11 April, 1878. 

 ? . „ „ 22 May, 1878. 



The Mediterranean Shearwater is not recorded by Tristram 

 in his ' Fauna of Palestine/ but I find that he mentions 

 it in his notes on the Ornithology of Palestine in the ' Ibis 

 of 1868 (p. 331), under the name of Puffinus barolii. 



4. PoRZANA BAILLONI. 



Porzana bailloni Sharpe, Cat. B. xxiii. p. 103. 

 Karyateiu, Syrian desert. 3 March, 1905. 

 Tristram did not obtain this bird in Syria or Palestine, 

 but suspected its occurrence. 



XXII. — On a Collection of Birds from the South Coast of 

 the Caspian Sea and the Elburz Mountains. By Harry 

 P. Witherby, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. With Field-Notes by 

 R. B. Woosnam, M.B.O.U. 



This second collection of birds made by Mr. R. B. Woosnam 

 in Persia has been presented, like the first (see ' Ibis/ 1907, 

 p. 74 et seqq.), to the British Museum by Colonel A. C. 

 Bailward, with whom Mr. Woosnam travelled. I am again 

 much indebted to the authorities of the British Museum for 

 allowing me to work out this collection — a task which has 

 interested me greatly. 



