25fi Col. R. Meinertzliagen on the [Ibis, 



Vanellus vanellus (L.)- 



A common winter visitor to the coastal plain and northern 

 Sinai from 1. xi. to March, a few being seen in the Shep- 

 helaii in December. 



Hoplopterus spinosus (L.). 



A few were seen near the coast from early September to 

 early January. 



Erolia ferruginea (Br linn.). 



One was seen at Behih on 2. vi. in full breeding-plumage. 

 Not otherwise observed. 



Erolia alpina. 



E.a.pnsUla (Falk.). 



The large size of Palestine birds, wings 115 to 116 mm., 

 and culmens of 39 and 40 mm., compels me to refer tliem to 

 this somewhat doubtful race from western Siberia. 



Small flocks first arrived in the Wadi Graza on 7. vii. 

 Tliey wore all adults and in nearly full breeding-plumage. 

 On 3. viii. a large influx of mixed old and young arrived on 

 the coast near Kafa, many adults still showing signs of 

 breeding-plumage. By the middle of September, Dunlin 

 were in thousands on the coast, after which their nundjers 

 riipidly decreased, till by the end of November very few 

 remained, and these were still about in early January. 



Erolia minuta (Lei si.). 



Many were on the coast between Gaza and liafa from 1. vi. 

 to early January, their numbers receiving no visible increase 

 in autumn. One was shot in the Jordan Valley on 28.x. 



Philomachus pugnax (L.). 



Several Ruffs and Reeves remained during summer on the 

 coast of southern Palestine, the Rule's showing no sign of 

 assuming breeding-jdumage. On 2'6. viii. the first autumn 

 migrants arrived, the cocks usually having a few ragged 

 remains of the spring ruf?. These birds remained about till 

 early October, when they all left. 



