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Charadrius alexandrinus, L. — Kentish Plover. 



The Kentish Plover appeared at Enzeli on 14th April in pairs, and I expected 

 that they would breed, but they certainly disappeared from the small area I 

 was able to investigate. 

 Vanellus vanellus (L.)— Peewits, 



I saw Pee-wdts at Karind on 27th November. Pound Resht and EnzeU 

 they were common in winter in small flocks in the rice fields. They dis- 

 appeared by mid-March. 

 Numenius phceopus, L. — Whimbrel. 



The Whimbrel was common on the shore at Enzeli in flocks from the second 

 week in April until early May. 

 IJumenius arquata, L. — Common Curlew. 

 Recurvirostra avocetta, L. — Avocet. 

 Erolia alpina, L. — Dunlin. 



Tringa nebidaria, Gunner. — Greenshank. 



The Common Curlew, Avocet, Dunlin and Creenshank, were all identified 

 in January and February on the Resht lagoon. None of them were abundant. 



Tringa totanus, L — Redshank. 



I saw Redshank commonly on the marshy borders of the Kara Su at Kerman- 

 shah at the end of November 1918 ; round Enzeli and Resht in March, but 

 not in wdnter. They were probably passing through on migration, as I never 

 saw them in winter. 



Tringa hypoleuca, L- — Common Sandpiper. 



The Common Sandpiper passed through Enzel at the end of April and in 

 early May. 



Tringa ochropus, L. — Green Sandpiper. 



I saw Green Sandpipers at Karind and Kermanshah at the end of November 

 1918. 

 Oallinago galliimgo, L. — Common Snipe. 



The Common Snipe is common in the plateau in winter (Kermanshah, Qazvin.) 

 wherever the ground is suitable It is extremely abundant round the marshes 

 and lagoons in Gilan in winter and one flushes them in tens at a time. The 

 species became scarcer after the middle of February, but I saw a few as late 

 as 17th April. The Snipe returned to the low lands in early September, but 

 even in mid October one only flushed them in twos and threes. 



€kdlinago media (Lath.) — Great Snipe. 

 {G. inajor, Gm.) 



The Great Snipe passes through Enzeli every year on migration at the end 

 of April and in early May, as the local sportsmen well know. 



Limnocryptes gallinida (L.)— Jack Snipe. 



The Jack Snipe was common in winter round the lagoons though not so ex- 

 tremely abundant as the Common Snipe. One or two were seen as late as the 17th 

 April at Enzeli, and the bird returned in the middle of October in small numbers. 



Scolopax rasticola (L.) — Woodcock. 



l(^,3rd December 1918 — Kermanshah. 

 Woodcocks were common in the little wood above Kermanshah at the end of 

 November and in early December and I was informed that they remain there 

 all the winter. They are abundant in winter in the forest of Gilan (Resht, Enzeli, 

 Noglabar, &c.). My latest record in spring is 20th March, and I do not know- 

 when they return in the autumn. 



