654 Ca,i^t. A. W. Boyd on Birds of the [Ibis, 



Porzana maruetta. Spotted Crake, 



Oil Sept, 27, in the desert a few miles east of Kantara, 

 a man brought a live bird to me which he had found under 

 a blanket in his tent, 



Galliimla chloropns. Moorhen, 



Occasionally on the Sweet-Water Canal, On Sept. 3 a 

 man brought a live bird to me which he had caught in 

 a hole in one of the sand-hills near the sea; it must almost 

 certainly have been a migrant. 



(Edicnemus sp. ? Stone-Curlew. 

 A single bird near Suez on May 22. 



.fflgialitis geoffroyi. GeofFroy's Plover. 



One at Hallah on July 2 with some Kentish Plovers on a 

 salt inundation, but I saw nothing more of this s|)ecies there, 

 nor signs of their breeding ; in September and October it 

 was quite common along the edge of the sea at Mohammedia 

 and along the coast towards Port Said, 



.ffigialitis cantiana. Kentish Plover. 



I saw only an odd bird at Suez in April, but found it 

 breeding in some numbers on the salt-marshes at Ballah in 

 June and caught a number of youngsters on June 25. 



In the autumn there were a few on the north coast 

 in early September, but I saw them more commonly in 

 October along the edge of the sea at Mohammedia. 



JLgialitis hiaticola. Ringed Plover. 



Odd birds and a small flock at Suez in the first half of 

 April ; in October and November on the coast at Moham- 

 media. 



.ffigialitis curonica. Little Ringed Plover. 



On April 3 there were three in a patch of salt-marsh about 

 1^ miles from the sea (the Gulf of Suez) ; all were yellow- 

 legged and evidently of this species. 



Hoplopterus spinosus. Spur-winged Plover. 

 I saw only two of this abundant Egyptian bird — a few 

 miles east of Kantara on Sept. 28. 



