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Caccabis heyi. Hey's Partridge. Arab. " Hajjal.^' 

 More common than the preceding species, and generally dis- 

 tributed amongst the mountains. 



*CoTURNix COMMUNIS (Bonnatcrre). Quail. 



Mr. Holland, in 1861, shot two or three Quails at Wady Gha- 

 randel, and by Wady el Akhti, From what Mr. E. H. Palmer 

 could find out, the Arabs seem to know the bird, and call it 

 " Summaneh,^' which comes from the same root as "salwa." 



tEgialitis leschenaulti. Lesson. 



I found this Plover running, in large flocks, amongst the 

 sandhills by the bay near Tor; I also met with single birds along 

 the shore. 



^GiALiTis FLUviATiLis (Bcchstcin) . Little Ringed Plover. 

 Shot once amongst the marshes near Tor. 



■^Vanellus gregarius (Pallas). 

 Plain of Er Rahah. 



Machetes pugnax (Linn.). Ruff. 

 I shot a female once near Tor. 



ToTANUs GLOTTIS (Linn.). Greenshank. 



ToTANUS ocHROPUs (Linn.). Green Sandpiper. 



Tringa minuta (Leisler). Little Stint. 

 I obtained specimens Oi this and the two preceding species 

 on the marshes near Tor. 



Tringoides hypoleucus (Linn,). Common Sandpiper. 

 Common on the seashore. 



Grus ctnerea, Bechst. Common Crane. 

 When I was at Tor, in February, I saw single birds on the 

 marshes most days. 



Anas crecca, Linn. Teal. ] 



y Wady Gharandel. 

 *Anas acuta, Linn. Pintail. J 



*Mergus serrator, Linn. Red-breasted Merganser. 

 Ain Musa. 



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