1920.] Bir<Is of ^uKlhera P(tlcstin(\ 209 



On spring pussaoe there were many Hocks jju.SHing Kanileli 

 on lO.iii. 



The birds were not seen in summer and certainly do not 

 breed in southern or central Palestine. 



Anthus campestris (L.). 



A resident scattered in isolated pairs throughout the 

 country and nowhere abundant. Observed from Rafa and 

 Beersheba north to Oarmel, Jerusalem, and the Jordan 

 Valley. It was found in the coastal area in sunnner and 

 in the Jordan Valley in March. It is prol)able that a 

 good many undertake a local movement from the highlands 

 of Judfea to the Gaza- Beersheba plains of northern Sinai in 

 winter. 



Of six birds obtained, the wings of four males measure 

 85, 8(j, 92, and 97 mm. One of these small-winged birds 

 was shot in the pure desert at Shellal and is a paler and 

 yellower bird than any others I have seen, so much so that 

 it is difficult to refer it to cauijiestris at all. Its small size 

 and yellow colour are quite remarkable, and yet it can bo 

 nothing else but this species. 



Anthus sordidus. 



A. s. cujitiis Hart. ( = ^1. leucojt/injs caplns Hart.) 

 This tine Pi])it is confined in Palestine to the Judoean 

 liills north of Jei-usalem and to Mount Carmel, descending 

 to the Jordan Valley and the coastal plains in winter. Its 

 northern limit was not ascertained. 



Oar six specimens compare well with the type, also with 

 another Palestine I)ird, and with a series which I obtained in 

 Baluchistan. All our birds are males, with wings vaiying 

 from 90 to 94 mm. 



Anthus trivialis. 

 A. t. triciaUs (L.). 



A bird of passage to southern Palestine, but only noted 

 in autumn. It connnenced to arrive on 8. ix,, but it was 

 not till 16. ix. that they became common in small {)arties. 

 Last seen on '2'6. x. Four examples were obtained. 



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