246 Major A. G. L. Sladen on [Ibis, 



Gallinago gallinago. Common Snipe. 



I saw one or two on the wing in September at the Wadi 

 Ghuzze, and later they were plentiful in Yebna Marsh 

 during winter. 



Limnocryptes gallinnla. Jack Snipe. 



Fairly common in Yebna Marsh during winter. 



Tringa minuta. Little Stint. 



Many seen September and October on pools in Wadi 

 Ghuzze. 



Tringa alpina. Dunlin. 



1 ^, Wadi Ghuzze, 23. ix. 17. 



Frequented pools in the Wadi Ghuzze in September. 

 One secured on 25 September had almost completely 

 changed to winter plumage. Common on the coast near 

 Jaffa January and February. 



Tringa ferruginea. Curlew^ Sandpiper. 

 I saw a small flock and secured one at Belah Lake 

 3 May, 1918. 



Calidris arenaria. Sanderling. 



1 o , Jaffa, 4. i. 18. 



Common on the sea-coast during winter. 



Machetes pugnax. RuflP. 



2 o, Jafta, 15.iii.l8. 



These birds were common in flocks on flood-water near 

 Jafl'a during the winter, and when the two birds were 

 secured some of the males were beginning to show white 

 on the neck. On 3 May I shot a female at Dier el Belah, 

 and noticed a small flock in Yebna Marsh as late as 

 2 June. 



Totanus totamis. Common Redshank. 

 1 V , Yebna Marsh, 12. v. 18. 



A few seen on the freshwater lake at Belah 2 May, and I 

 secured a specimen in Yebna Marsh 12 May, 1918. 



