242 Major A. G. L. Sladen on [this, 



Falco aesalon. Merliu. 



1 c^, Yebua Marsh, 3. ii. 18. 



A male secured 3 February, 1918, in Yebna Marsh, near 

 Jaffa. Other examples were reported at Khan Yunus 

 September 1917. 



Falco tinnunculus. Kestrel. 



1 J , Shellal, 18. ix. 17. 1 ? , Shellal, 6. x. 17. I S, 

 Shellal, 6. X. 17. 



Common and resident in Palestine. Amongst the hun- 

 dreds which 1 saw at Gaza in the autumn I only noticed 

 one adult male. In the spring at Jaffa, Ramleh, Jerusalem, 

 etc., they bred freely in suitable places, and I found nests in 

 the walls of unused wells 20 ft. below ground-level. 



Tadorna tadorna. Common Sheld-Duck. 

 Two of four seen, were secured in Yebna Marsh, 2 Feb- 

 ruary, 1918. 



Tadorna casarca. Ruddy Sheld-Duck. 



Saw one in Yebna Marsh, 14 January, 1918. 



Anas boscas. Mallard. 



A few seen during winter in Yebna Marsh and others 

 flying high. They were never common. 



duerquedula crecca. Common Teal. 



One seen in Wadi Ghuzze 10 September, 1917, and many 

 more in Yebna Marsh Decemljer, January, and February. 



duerquedula querquedula. Garganey. 

 1 c^, Yebna Marsh, 21. ii. 18. 



One secured in Yebna Marsh out of a small flock 

 21 February, 1918. 



Mareca penelope. Widgeon. 



A few seen in Yebna Marsh from time to time during 

 winter months, but most during December. 



Spatula clypeata. Shoveler. 



A few pairs frequented Yebna Marsh during the winter 

 months. 



