50 Col. R. Meinertzhagen on Birds from [Ibis, 



epops is not the European Hoopoe, l)nt the specific name 

 for the Hoopoe which in various forms occurs throughout 

 the Old World. If Van Someren does not believe in 

 geooraphical races, why does he use trinomials in many 

 instances throughout his paper? To use nomenclature as 

 a convenience is a parody of science. Inconsistent nomen- 

 clature can only lead to confusion in the minds of readers. 



Birds commence moving north in early March, for I saw 

 an exceptionally early migrant on the Sea of Galilee on 

 G. iii.. long before the bulk had arrived. 



Passage in the Sudan seems to occur throughout March 

 and April, a late bird being obtained at Khartoum on 24. v. 

 and at Port Sudan on 2. v. and 4, v. They are numerous 

 at the latter place on spring passage during the last ten 

 days of March. 



Birds commence arriving in Egypt about 1. iii., and 

 passnge is at its height from the middle of March to the 

 middle of April. None were seen after 22. iv. They have 

 been recorded as plentiful in Sinai in the middle of April, 

 the first arrivals being noted on .5, iv. 



They are common in Siwa Oasis and at Solium on spring- 

 passage during March and early April. 



The bulk commence arriving in southern Palestine in the 

 middle of March, passage lasting till early April. They pass 

 Cyprus during March, and have been observed in Crete in 

 early April. Breeding birds arrive at Salonika in Macedonia 

 from 25. iii., at Beirut in Syria during the first ten days of 

 April, and in Armenia in the middle of April. 



CORACIAS GARRULUS. 



Coracias garrulus semenowi Loud. & Tschusi. 



Breeding birds from the Jordan Valley are of this race. 

 Eggs were taken on 1. v. Birds which breed elsewdiere 

 in Palestine, and all migrants to Egypt, Somaliland, and 

 eastern Africa belong to the typical form. 



Coracias garrulus garrulus L. 



Breeds at Aleppo and throughout Syria south to the 

 coastal plains of Palestine and the Judsean highlands. 



