32 Col. R. Meinertzhageii on Birds from [Ibis, 



middle of March, when others are still wintering in 

 Natal. 



During the first few days o£ March birds commence 

 arriving in Palestine. They were common at Haifa and on 

 the Sea of Galilee on 4. iii. ; and on the same date I have 

 seen thousands passing north over the Athi Plains in Kenya 

 Colony. 



The bulk of winter visitors to Rhodesia leave for the north 

 about 12. iii.j a few remaining till 28. iv., whilst birds have 

 been obtained at Beira on 15. iv. 



Winter visitors to the Sudan leave about the middle of 

 March, a late record being on 17 .v. at Khartoum, whilst my 

 last spring record for Kenya Colony is on 30. iii. at Kisumu 

 on the Victoria Nyanza. But at Old Moshi on Kilimanjaro 

 in early June a pair of birds put in an appearance and 

 actually roosted in my office. As they showed no inclination 

 to breed I secured both birds, male and female, and their 

 organs showed that they neither had nor intended to breed 

 that summer. 



In Sinai first spring arrivals have been noted at Akaba on 

 6.iv. and were still passing till 30. iv. Northern passage 

 over the Red Sea has been observed on 20. iv. and 23. iv., 

 whilst Swallows are reported common at Port Sudan through- 

 out May. 



Spring passage in Egypt occurs from about 11. iv. to 

 I.V., and was at its height between 14. iv. and 18. iv. in 

 1920. Birds are seldom seen on spring passage before 5.iv., 

 though late migrants can be seen at Suez and Cairo till 20. v. 

 Northern passage has been observed at sea off Alexandria 

 from 4 V. to 7. v. 



Besides the earlier arrivals to Palestine noted above, I saw 

 strong passages of north-bound Swallows at Jericho from 

 29. iv. to 2. V. and at Jerusalem on 1. v. 



Birds commence arriving in Crete on 25. iii. and were still 

 on passage on 29. iv. 



In Armenia they are common on passage from the end of 

 April to early May. 



