524 ORNITHOLOGICAL SKETCHES 



Karnak I found two kinds of Sandpipers and two Common 

 Snipe resting on the bare stone, being probably tired with a 

 long journey, and in a little marsh near Ismailia I met with 

 this bird in great abundance. In Palestine I saw several 

 solitary individuals among the bushes and mountain-streams 

 of the Jordan valley. 



83. GALLINAGO GALLINULA. Jack Snipe. 



Only in the true marshes of Lower Egypt, and even there 

 not common. 



84. CALIDRIS ARENARIA. Sanderling. 



Regularly seen on the Lakes and the Nile, but nowhere 

 common. 



85. TRINGA MARITIMA. 



Only observed on the shores of the Red Sea, but there in 

 great flocks. 



86. TRINGA SUBARQUATA. Pygmy Curlew. 

 Frequently seen on the Red Sea, but nowhere else. 



87. TRINGA ALPINA. Dunlin. 



Very often observed in all suitable places, such as lakes, 

 pools, canals, and the banks of the Nile, both in Upper and 

 Lower Egypt. 



88. TRINGA SCHINZII. Schinz's Sandpiper. 



Often seen in large flocks on the banks of the little islands 

 of Lake Menzaleh. 



89. TRINGA TEMMINCKII. Temminck's Stint. 



Several large flocks, and also some single birds, of this 

 species were observed on the islands of Lake Menzaleh and 

 the salt-water marshes near Ismailia. 



