198 Col. R, Meiiiertzliagen on the [Ibis, 



This race occurs as a breeding species from Khan Ynnus 

 just south of: Gaza, north along the coastal plain to Acre, but 

 is absent from Beerslieba aud Hebron, It is common in the 

 Judsean highlands about Jerusalem, but scarce in the Jordan 

 Valley. Tristram mentions Hoodies as common east of the 

 Jordan in Moab and Bashan, but I have not seen specimens 

 from there. 



I noted a slight movement of Hoodies near Hafa about 

 the end of September, and a few Palestine birds may stray 

 to El Arish and even Egypt in winter. 



Most of the nests found were in palm trees, while at Ludd 

 two broods of young were hatched by 20. vi. 



Covvus frugilegus. 



C. f. frugilegus 1j. 



A regular winter visitor in large flocks to southern Pales- 

 tine. It commences to arrive about early November and 

 to start north on 2, ii. Departures were observed on 5. ii., 

 and all were gone by 2. iii. 



Of three obtained, a female shot on 3. ii. had enlarged 

 ovaries and showed no signs of losing her nasal bristles. 

 Tristram remarks that only two out of twenty adults shot in 

 spring showed any signs of denudation at the base of the 

 billj and it was remarked that most of the svinter birds still 

 had nasal bristles. One obtaiiKMl on 24. xii. aorees as reoards 

 its bill with the Asiatic race ^' tsrhusii,'' but has a wing 

 of only 314 mm. Another male shot on ^.i. agrees well 

 with British specimens, and has a wing of 31):) mm. 



Tristram noted " rookeries '" at Jerusalem and Nablus, 

 but these appear to have vanished. 



It seems possible that the Carrion Crows re})orted by 

 Sladen {cf. Ibis, April 11)19) were merely Rooks which still 

 retained their nasal bristles. 



Coloeiis monedula. a 



C. m. collaris (Urummond). 

 A few are to be found among most flocks of Rooks from 

 early November to early February. The birds were not 

 observed in summer, except near Jericho in May, where 

 they were breeding in cliffs and sitting on eggs on 1. v. 



