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peculiar quacking cry. The colouring, which looked very gay with green, 

 brown, and white, seen from above on the wing, was observed closely, and 

 corresponded unmistakably with this species. This bird is known through- 

 out Egypt to Nubia, but has not been previously noticed in Palestine. 



THnga alpina, Linn. Dunlin. Coast at Gaza and 'Ay6n Mtisa. 



^Tringoides kypoleucus, Linn. Sandpiper. At 'Akabah and on the 

 shores of the Dead Sea, 



Totanus ochropus, Linn. Green sandpiper. Dead Sea shore. This 

 species and the last, in small parties, ran wading along the muddy edge 

 of the Salt Sea at the swampy ground caused by the Feifeh stream. 

 They waded right into the salt water, where I followed and shot them. 

 Mr. Wyatt met these birds at Tor in Sinai. 



T. calidris, Linn. Seen several times in the Gh6r and at Tell Abu 

 Hareireh. 



Sterna minuta, Linn. I saw this species at Port Said and again near 

 Gaza. 



Larus ridibundus, Linn. A few were met with in the Judsean desert, 

 where they forage after the multitudinous helices found there. Seen at 

 T6r by Mr. Wyatt. 



L. minutus, L. 'Akabah. 



The foregoing account will serve to show the species likely to be met 

 with in the winter months, the time usually selected for an Eastern tour 

 of this description. Several other species which could not be identified 

 were met with, and perhaps it may be thought I have included too many 

 species which were not actually obtained, but of these many were British 

 and familiar birds, and the rest usually unmistakable. Moreover, many 

 birds were obtained which were not brought home, sometimes owing to 

 their bulk, but usually for the reason which eventually lost me all my 

 specimens, their not being skinned. I had no one to help me in this 

 respect, and I found it hard enough to get requisite sleep after each day's 

 work, when my botanical collections were sorted, without attending suffi- 

 ciently to my other gatherings. I depended, therefore, on carbolic acid, 

 which I used without extracting the entrails, and the result was unfor- 

 tunate. In connection with the ornithology of this district, a valuable 



