19'9-] Birds observed in PaJestme. 23o 



Saxicola rubicola. Stonecliat. 



1 c? , Jaffa, 10. xii. 17. \ S> Jaffa, 3. iii. 18. 



The first 1 saw was in the Wadi Ghuzze near Shelhal, 

 28 October. Later on, after the advance, I found this bird 

 was very common all over the country. The birds had all 

 gone by 1 April. 



Saxicola rubetra. Whinchat. 



1 o , Shellal, 27. ix. 17. \ S, Dier el Belah, 2. v. 18. 



A fairly common bird on migration. First noticed on 

 27 September near Shellal. I took a specimen at Shellal 

 on 2 May, 1918. This bird was a female and had incubation 

 spots. I saw none during spring and summer near Jaffa or 

 Ramleh. 



(Enanthe cenanthe. Common Wheatear. 

 1 o , Shellal, 21. ix. 17. 1 o , Jaffa, 28. iii. 18. 

 Comparatively common on both migrations along the 

 coastal area. 



(Enanthe isabellina, Isabelliue Wheatear. 



1 ^ , Shellal, 1. ix. 17. 1 o , Jaffa, 3. iii. 18. 



Quite the commonest of the Wheatears seen in the flat 

 country near Gaza, where it appears to be resident. I 

 noticed it on spring migration at Jaffa. 



(Enanthe deserti. Desert Wheatear. 

 1 S , Shellal, 19.x. 17. 



A few were noticed near Shellal October 1917, and a con- 

 siderable number on and after 29 March near Jaffa. 



(Enanthe leucomela. Pied Wheatear. 

 1 c^, Wadi Ghuzze, 28. ix. 17. 



I only saw one of these at Shellal, namely., on 28 Sep- 

 tember. A few were noticed on spring migration at Jaffa. 



(Enanthe hispanica xanthomelaena. Eastern Black-throated 

 and Black-eared Wheatear. 



1 c? , Jaffa, 25. iii. 18. 1 c?, Jaffa, 28. iii. 18. Ic^, Jaffa 

 22. iv. 18. 1 ? , Jaffa, 4. vi. 18. 



