1919] JJh'iis observed in Palestine, 247 



Totanus nebularius. Greenshank. 



One secured at Shellal^ 6 September, 1917. Some were 

 seen in the spring of 1918 at the mouth of Wadi Ghuzze 

 in breeding-plumage. I saw a pair in Yebna Marsli, near 

 Jaffa, 5 February. Conimou at the mouth of Wadi Ghuzze 

 on 3 May. 



Totanus hypoleucus. Common Sandpiper. 



A few noticed in Yebna Marsh during the two visits paid 

 in March. The specimen from which identification Avas made 

 was taken on the Wadi Ghuzze at Shellal on 3 jNlay, 1918, 

 and is now in the Giza Museum. 



Totanus glareola. Wood-Sandpiper. 



1 o , Yebna Marsh, 28. i. 18. 



A few birds frequented Yebna Marsh in winter. 



Limosa limosa. Black-tailed Godwit. 



1 c?, Diel el Belah, 3. v. 18. 



A few were frequenting the lake at Belah in May. The 

 species had been noted in the autumn of 1917 at the mouth 

 of Wadi Ghuzze. 



Numenius tenuirostris. Slender-billed Curlew. 

 1 ? , Shellal, 4. x. 17. 



I secured one of two which 1 noticed searching for food 

 on the dry, sandy country near Tel el Fara, Shellal. 



Himantopus himantopus. Black-winged Stilt. 

 Saw a few on Belah Lake, 3 May, 1918. 



Charadrius apricarius. Golden Plover. 

 Small flocks were seen in Yebna Marsh during January 

 and February, 1918. 



.ffigialitis hiaticula. Ringed Plover. 



1 o , Shellal. 



Fairly common on the Wadi Ghuzze at the end of August 

 and beginning of September. Also a few seen on the shore 

 near Jaffa on 18 January and a number at Belah Lake 3 May. 



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