328 Mr. S. Merrill on Birds 



in Palestine, I am glad to be able to bring it to the attention 

 of the public. 



No. 203. Booted Eagle — Aquila pennata. 



Tristram. — " Appears to be confined to the wooded regions 

 of Galilee and Phoenicia, and to the Lebanon/' 



Addition. — I shot a fine specimen near Jerusalem in 

 May 1886. 



No. 226. Pygmy Cormorant — Phalacrocorax pygmaus. 



Tristram. — " Found on the Leontes and other streams 

 flowing into the Mediterranean. I did not observe it on the 

 Lake of Galilee." 



Addition. — I obtained several specimens from the Jordan 

 near Jericho. 



No. 236. Little Bittern — Ardetta minuta. 



Tristram. — " Plentiful in the rushes and reeds round 

 Lake Huleh." 



Addition. — Plentiful also on the Anjeh, near Jaffa, and 

 on the Lower Jordan. 



No. 237. Night Heron — Nycticorax griseus. 



Tristram. — " Found in small numbers about Lake Huleh 

 and Gennesaret." 



Addition. — Also on the Lower Jordan. 



No. 251. Buddy Sheldrake — Tadorna casarca. 



Tristram. — " At the south end of the Dead Sea, and near 

 the Lake of Gennesaret." 



Addition. — They are just as abundant at the north end of 

 the Dead Sea, and are found all along the Jordan. 



No. 257. Garganey — Anas circia. 



Tristram. — " I have not taken the Garganey myself.''' 

 Addition. — I have four fine specimens from the Jordan, 



one of them shot in November, one in December, and two 



in May. 



No. 294. Stone-Curlew — CEdicnemvs scolopax. 



Tristram. — " Plentiful in the Ghor at the north end of 

 the Dead Sea." 



