234 
Species. 
Stock Dove.. 
Turtle-Dove 
Sand-Grouse 
(P£. orientdlis ). 
Sand-Grouse 
(Pt. senegallus). 
Pheasant. 
Pheasant. 
Partridge. 
Partridge. 
Quail . 
Geoffroy’s Plover 
(Ch. geoffroyi). 
Kentish Plover ... 
Caspian Plover 
(Ch. asiaticus). 
Caspian Plover ... 
Dotterel . 
Golden Plover ... 
Col. R. Meinertzhagen on the [Ibis, 
Place. 
Ground 
speed : 
Remarks. 
S. Palestine. 
m.p.h. 
Fairly strong head wind. Bird 
Sinai. 
37 
flying to water. See note E. 
Several tests made on birds 
Quetta. 
CO 
£■105 
flying their best alongside a 
train. Speed of train obtained 
from kilometre posts. No 
record of wind. 
Bird flying from water. Slight 
S. Palestine. 
m 
head wind. See note A. 
Bird flying from water. Altitude 
33-8 
of flight 460 feet. Weather 
calm. See note D. 
Experiment in covered gallery. 
_■ 
38-1 
(‘ Field,’ Feb. 1887.) 
Experiment in the open. (‘Field,’ 
_ 
32-1 
Feb. 1887.) 
Experiment in the open. (‘ Field,’ 
_ 
*40 
Feb. 1887.) 
By air-speed indicator. (R.A.F.) 
Mediterranean. 
57 
Timed at sea over 500 yards 
Palestine. 
34 
distance. Birds on passage. 
( Lynes , Brit. B. vol. iii.) 
Timed by speedometer in the 
do. 
34 
Bay of Acre, birds flying 
directly in front of the car. 
Birds could be pressed up to 
39 m.p.h., after which the car 
could overtake them. Wind 
calm. 
Same as for Geoffroy’s Plover. 
East Africa. 
51 
Birds flying very low on passage. 
do. 
47 
Wind calm. See note B. 
Birds flying at 480 feet. Strong 
S. Palestine. 
45, 50^ 
side wind. Birds on passage. 
See note B. 
Two observations. Birds flying 
V 
England. 
*60 
very low. Strong side wind of 
11 and 21 m.p.h. respectively. 
See note D. 
Birds being pressed. By air- 
speed indicator. (Wynne.) 
* Air-speed. 
