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tion of his last list he has obtained this species at Port 
Said.* 
%146. SANDERLING, Calidris arenaria (Linn.). 
I was much pleased at seeing some flocks on the 6th and 
8th of May near Beni-Hassan, and getting three good 
specimens which were beginning to assume their breeding 
dress. t 
147. PAINTED SNIPE, Becassine doré of the French ; 
Rhynchea capensis (Linn.). 
As the Painted Snipe is a bird which is a good deal sought 
after by the sportsmen who visit Egypt, it may be ad- 
visable to mention all the places where we met with it. 
At Chek Megahet—a pond in some fields belonging to 
Mr. Serrur—which lies between Damietta and lake Men- 
zaleh, ten were found and seven killed. Chek Megahet—I 
give the spelling as near as I can—is half a mile short of 
the Snipe-marsh called Rogar. At Mientanosara, between 
Samanhoud and Zifteh, ten were shot as we were going 
south ; and the next day (February 8th) eight at Kafr-El- 
Arma, four miles north of Zifteh on the east bank; and 
about a mile further on, four more the following morning 
on the same bank; making twenty-nine specimens in all, 
besides four skins which were given us at Damietta. They 
are very tame birds, and when you think you have 
thoroughly beaten a place, you had better beat it again, as 
* In the “ Field” of October 9th, 1875, is an interesting letter on the 
migratory birds of Port Said. 
+ I have seen a Sanderling in Leadenhall market, London, in full 
winter plumage as early as the 19th of September, which is a case of 
very early assumption. 
