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1 have examined tlie following, all in the British Museum: — 



? Lebanon Dark grey. Wing 2(59. 



(Closely resembling- nivicola from India and Cbina.) 



? Lebanon Red. Wing 269. 



2 Taurus Mts. (Feb.) lied. AViiig 263. 



$ Asia Minor (Feb.) Ked. Wing 270. 



J J^enkoran (Dec.) Grey. Wing 280. 



S Lenkoran (Dec.) lied. Wing 286. 



S S. Coast Caspian (Apr.) . Grey. Wing 301. 



5 Asia ]Miuor Grey. Wing 286. 



2 Trebizoud (Nov.) lied. Wing 261. 



Witherby's bird from S.W. Persia which 1 have examined 

 is a male with a wing of 269 mm., and is a pale grey bird 

 with less and narrower streaks on both the upper and under 

 parts. It undoubtedly belongs to the race sancti-nicolai of 

 Sarudny. 



Falco aesaloii insignis ((Jlarke). 



There were about 40 of these birds on passage and resting 

 in some thorn-trees, along with Peregrines, Sparrow-Hawks, 

 and Cuckoos, at the Delta Barrage in Egypt on 11. iv. and 

 18. iv. They had all gone by 1*. v. Oil 11. iv. all the birds 

 I saw or obtained were adult or immature male,-. 



Those Palestine birds of passage which I have examined 

 also belong to this race. 



FALCO NAUMANNI. 



Falco iiaumanni naumanni Fleisch. 1818 : Germany and 

 JSwitzerland. 



A summer visitor to Palestine, breeding in large colonies 

 at Jenin and Acre, commencing to arrive on 27. ii. Also 

 common on spring passage in Egypt in late March and early 

 April. 



I find that in late winter, spring and summer, birds fade 

 to a large and variable extent, which has given rise to the 

 race turkestanicus. Throughout the range ol" the Lesser 

 Kestrel, the colour of the mantle shows considerable 

 variation, which is not constant within any given area. 



An examination of the series at Tring, together with the 

 breeding Ijirds I obtained in Palestine and several shot on 



