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beino- seven. Fully-grown young were seen in the Judsean 

 hills on 3. vii. 



On Mount Caruiel there were about seven breeding pairs 

 in April 1919. 



Ammoperdix heyi. 

 A. h. hei/i (Tenim.). 



Not seen outside the Jordan depression, where it is not 

 uncouinion near Jericho, and in the Wadis Auja and 

 Kelt. 



The wings o£ four males obtained measure 122, 123, 125, 

 and 129 mm., while the wing of oue female measures 122 mm. 

 They do not agree with the birds from Egypt. 



Francolinus francolinus. ^ 



F. f. francolinus (L.) . 



An adult male obtained near Jericho on 1(5. x. agrees with 

 specimens from the Upper Euphrates and Asia Minor. 

 Wing; 180 mm. 



Not seen out of the Jordan Valley, where it is plentiful 

 at the junction of the Wadi Zimrin with the Jordan. 



Coturnix coturnix. 



C. c. coturnix (L.). 

 Abundant on both passages, a few remaining for the winter. 

 On autumn passage on the north coast of Sinai, between El 

 Arish and Rafa, the first arrivals appeared on 18.viii. in 

 small parties. Hy 30. viii. the passage had increased, and 

 three hundred and eighty birds were netted at El Arish in 

 a morning. During the first week of September the passage 

 reached its zenith, and over eleven thousand birds were netted 

 at El Arish. At Belah during the first seventeen days of 

 September, never less than three hundred and forty-nine or 

 more than five hundred and sixty-eight birds were tnken 

 daily in a single net, but on 18. ix., after a strong north- 

 westerly gale, only forty were taken. On 19. ix. only eight 

 birds were comprised in the catch, and the passage ceased 

 on 20. ix. 



