72 Col. R. Meinertzhagen on BmZs/;'om [Ibis, 



Africa, another, now at Tring, having- been obtained by Van 

 Someren at Elmeutaita Lake on 17, i. 



Burhinus cedicnemus saharse (Reichw.). 



All Palestine (Jordan Valley and southern ralcstine) birds 

 belong to this race, also birds coming from the desert fring- 

 'ing the Egyptian Delta. They do not occur within the Delta. 



Burhinus senegalensis senegalensis (Swains.). 



A common resident within the Egyptian Delta. Five 

 birds obtained agree with others from tropical Africa. 

 They appear to breed exclusively on flat-topped roofs. 

 Fresh eggs taken at the Delta Barrage on 9. v. This species 

 does not occur outside cultivated areas in Egypt. 



Charadrius hiaticula tundrae (Lowe). 



It is this race wdiich occurs in Egypt, Somaliland, and 

 Kenya Colony in winter. In the latter country they are 

 common on the coast from October onwards. They do not 

 seem to move till April, and sc few were still at Lamu on the 

 coast on 22. iv., after which date all had gone north. 



Charadrius duhius curonicus Gm. 



In Egypt they are abundant in winter and a few remain 

 to breed. 



In Kenya Colony they are not so common as Charadr. 

 hiaticula, and appear to be almost absent from the coast. 

 Obtained on the Victoria Nyanza in January and on Lake 

 Rudolf in March. 



Charadrius alexandrinus alexandrinus L. 



A common resident on the coast of Syria, Palestine, and 

 Egypt. Also a very common breeding species on the salt 

 lakes 40 miles east of Aleppo. 



Charadrius varius allenbyi Nicoll. 



Charadrius varius allerdiyi Nicoll, Bull. B. 0. ('. xlii. 

 1921, p. 7 : Egypt. 



A common bird in the Egyptian Delta, but absent from 

 the north coast of Sinai and Palestine. It does not occur 

 west of Alexandria, at any rate in winter. 



