^30 Major A. G. L. Sladen o?i [Ibis, 



which I took at Shellal 13. ix. 17. was referred to by 

 Mr. Ogilvie-Graiit as follows : — " This is an immature 

 Grey-headed Wagtail which should, I thiul<, be referred 

 to Motacilla fiava beema. I have sent it to a friend to 

 ask him if he agrees in this identification.^' 



These skins have been compared with those in the British 

 Museum collection from India, with which they agree. 



I first noticed them on 1 September at Shellal. By 

 25 September there were hundreds of similar birds all over 

 the country, but they had all disappeared by October 1917, 

 when M. alba began to be common, having put in their first 

 appearance a (ew days later. 



Cinnyris osea. Palestine Sunbird. 



This was one of the most interesting species which I have 

 come across. It is now apparently a regular winter visitor 

 to the orange groves of Jaffa, though only in small numbers. 

 I saw^ no trace of it after February. From inquiries I have 

 come to the conclusion that it lias only visited Jaffa during 

 the last twenty-five years, that is to say since the orange 

 groves have developed sufficiently to give it shelter in the 

 winter, although it has been known to exist in the Jordan 

 Valley. The blossom of the orange and lemon groves during 

 January and February is doubtless the attraction. The skin 

 of a male taken at Jafl'a in February 1918 was submitted 

 to Mr. M. J. NicoU, and is now in the collection of the 

 Giza Museum. 



Anthus trivialis. Tree-Pipit. 



1 o , Jaffa, 3. iii. 18. 



Birds were noticed September 1917 near Bafa, and again 

 near Bamleh and Jaffa 25 February and subsequently until 

 April. 



Anthus cervinus. Red-throated Pipit. 



2 S , Wadi Ghuzze, 20. x. 17. 1 o , Wadi Ghuzze, 20. x. 17. 

 Common on migration about Shellal, October 1917 ; also 



in spring, farther north, I noticed a few birds on 14 and 21 

 April. 



