240 Major A. G. L. Sladen ow [Ibis, 



Athene no ctua glaiix. Little Owl. 

 1 o , Wadi Ghuzze, 16. viii. 17. 

 Common everywhere. Breeds. 



AsiO accipitrinus. Short-eared Owl. 



1 ? , Yebna Marsli, 10. i. 18. 



Secured one specimen in Yebna Marsh 10 January, 1918. 

 This is rather lighter generally than others in the British 

 Museum collection. 



Neophron percnopterus. Egyptian Vulture. 



Fairly common August, September, October, near Gaza. 

 1 saw none after October, though some were reported in the 

 Judean Hills at Christmas. They began to reappear in 

 March. 



Gyps fulvns. GrifPon Vulture. 



This Vulture was not uncommon near Gaza in July and 

 onward. All I saw were flying very high, with the excepti(jn 

 of twenty which I noticed on 14 November, 1917, feeding 

 on a dead camel at Imara, north-west of Beersheba. After 

 our advance towards Jerusalem, which began on 31 October, 

 the whole country was strewn with dead animals which it 

 was impossible to bury, but there were very few vultures 

 anywhere and the carcasses were largely eaten by jackals 

 and foxes. 



Circus seruginosus. Marsh-Harrier. 



1 ? , Yebna Marsh, 25. ii. 18. 



Very common in Yebna Marsh, and breeds there. 



Circus cyaneus. Hen Harrier. 



1 o, Yebna Marsh, 17. iii. 18. 2o, Yebna Marsh, 

 28. xii. 17. 



Common at intervals during December, January, February, 

 and March in Yebna Marsh. 



Buteo ferox. Long-legged Buzzard. 

 1 o , Yebna Marsh, 2. ii. 18. 



Fairly common at Shellal September and October 1917. 

 Also during winter around Jaffa and Ramleh. 



