226 Col. R. Meiiicrtzliagen on the [Ibis, 



(Enauthe pleschanka. 



CE.p. plescJianka (Le{>ecli,). 

 An unsexed bird obtained at Rata on 29. x. Not other- 

 wise seen. 



(Enanthe finschii. 



CE. f. Jinsch ii Hengl . 



The resident Chat of the hills of southern Palestine, being 

 only subject to local movement in ^Yinter. It was most 

 plentiful on the hills between Hebron and Beersheba in 

 December. None were seen near Jerusalem, but it was 

 plentiful in the Shephelah in winter and summer. 



An adult male, \vhicli made G. H. Q. Camp its winter 

 quarters, arrived on 29.x, and remained till certainly late 

 January, not confining his movements to the Camp only, but 

 to a certain small piece of rough ground some half-acre 

 in extent, which he never left. 



(Enanthe isabellina (*reizschm. 



This species was I'airly common round Belah and Rafa from 

 June to August, but no nests were found. The autumn })assage 

 commenced on 8. ix. and began to finish about 24, ix. None 

 were observed from 5. x. to 4.xi., but a few were seen from 

 the latter date till early January and possibl}^ later. It is 

 probable that these winter birds come from a different 

 locality to the summer and autunni birds. None were seen 

 in the Jud<T?an highlands, the Shephelab, or coastal [)lain 

 north of Gaza at any season. 



(Enanthe lugens. 



QlJ. /. lugens Licht. 



Apparently confined in southern Palestine to the barest 

 slopes and wiklernesses of the Jordan Valley, where it 

 appears to be resident. It usually nests from the middle 

 of March to the end of May, the nest being in a hole or 

 under a ledoe of rock and made of fine orasses and roots, 

 lined with a little hair and a few feathers. The normal 

 clutch is five. 



Two young birds obtained on 2. iv. are of especial interest. 



