1919-] Birds observed in Palestine. 245 



Chlamydotis macqueenii ? Macqueen's Bustard. 



A tlock of eiglit Bustards was first noticed in the flat 

 country near Ramleh about 5 July. 1 watched these myself 

 through glasses for some hours, but was unable to obtain a 

 specimen. An officer, however, shot a i)ir(l which when 

 plucked and cleaned was said to weigh 41b. Tliey all 

 disappeared on 28 July. 



Some tail-feathers were sent to Mr. M. J. Nicoll, who gave 

 it as his opinion that they belonged to either C. undulata 

 macqueenii or C. undulata undulata, very probably the former. 



(Edicnemus cedicnemiis. Stone-Curlew. 



I ? , Jaffa, 19.1V. 18. 



A few in Yebna Marsh in December 1917, but none in 

 January and February. They frequented the hilly ground 

 in the vicinity. Several birds, about twenty pairs, fre- 

 quented the stony hills north of Jaffa during April 1918, 

 and I found one egg 18 April. 



Cursorius gallicus. Cream-coloured Courser. 



1 o , Slielhil, 21. ix. 17. 



Very common round Shellal from August to November. 

 Noticed near Ramleh tiie following June and July. A nest 

 containing two eggs was found as late as "^5 Julv, and 

 unfledged y(mng 30 July. 



Glareola pratincola. Collared Pratincole. 



Two pairs seen at Belah Lake 3 May, 1918, and many 

 about Yebna Marsh 12 May. One or two [)airs bred near 

 the mouth of Nahr Rubin, and I saw young on 30 June. 



Glareola nordmanni. Black-winged Pratincole. 

 1 o , VVadi Ghuzze, 4. x. 17. 



I secured one of a few I noticed on the sandy desert near 

 Wadi Ghuzze. 



Scolopax rusticola. Woodcock. 



I shot one on the sand dunes south of Jaffa, near Wadi 

 Rubin, 8 January, 1918, and others were reported as having 

 been seen in Yebna Marsh in December. 



