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lias a wing ineusui'ing 240 mm., and compares well with 

 other typical examples from Asia Minor. 



Milvus milvus. 



M. m. milvus (L.). 



The Red Kite appeared about Uafa in small numbers on 

 2(5. X., after which a few were seen in the coastal plain and 

 in the Judfcan highlands, but they were not seen in any 

 numbers except at Hebron in December. They were more 

 shy than Milvus migrans. 



Milvus migrans. 



j\[. m. migrans (Bodd.). 



The Black Kite is a plentiful resident throughout southern 

 Palestine, and was breeding in palm trees at Belah in June. 

 A large influx arrived at Rafa on 27. ix. and remained till 

 15.x., after which the numbers' became normal. 



It appears tbat M. m. (vgi/ptius occasionallj^ occurs in 

 northern Sinai, tor we frequently saw birds which we took 

 for this race. Tristram records them as the Kite of the 

 Jordan Valley and M. m. nngrans as a summer visitor to 

 Palestine. 



Circaetus gallicus (Gm.). 



One shot at Rafa on 22. viii. was the only specimen 

 identified i'or certain. Its crop contained two chameleons. 

 Wing 504 mm. 



Gyps fulvus. 



G.f.fulvus (Habl.). 

 A few were seen in June and July round Gaza and on the 

 desert towards Beersheba. A party of twenty-four were 

 noted at Beersheba on a dead camel on 3. xii. None were 

 obtained. 



Neophron percnopterus. 



iV^. p. jyercnopterus (L.). 

 A summer visitor in scattered pairs round Rafa, Gaza, and 

 in the coastal plain, arriving in early March and leaving 



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