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some wooded defiles in Southern Armenia, east of the Euphrates, I had 

 several opportunities of noticing its habits, which are very Robin-like when 

 in the bushes, but Chat-like on the open. The male has a magnificent 

 bell-like note, not much inferior to the Bulbul, which it pours forth, 

 perched among the thickest foliage. The White-throated Robin has a 

 very limited range. It is found on the Abyssinian coast, in Asia Minor, 

 Palestine, and Persia, always rare, among bushes in rocky valleys. 



29. Eritliaciis litscinia. Linn. Syst. Nat. i., p. 32S. Nightingale. 

 Arab. J~1j, Bulbul (generic for fine songsters). 



The Nightingale returns to Palestine in moderate numbers about the 

 middle of April, and remains to breed, frequenting especially the fringe of 

 trees by the banks of the Jordan. I have found it also on Tabor arid 

 in various wooded wadys. I never observed or heard it in the olive 

 groves. 



The Nightingale summers in Western and Central Europe, England 

 being its Northern limit, and passes southward into Africa to winter. 

 Asia Minor, Cyprus, and Palestine appear to be its eastward boundary. 



30. EritJiaciis philoniela. Bechst. Gem. Nat. Deutschl. iv., p. 536. 

 Eastern Nightingale. 



This bird was not obtained by me in Palestine ; but as it is a native 

 of Eastern Europe and Northern Asia, including the Caucasus and Asia 

 Minor, and winters in Egypt, it is scarcely possible for it to escape 

 passing through Palestine, where no doubt careful research will discover it. 



FAMILY, SYLVIID.E. 



31. Sylvia cincrca. Bechst. Orn. Taschenb. I., p. 170. White- 

 throat. 



Our familiar White-throat is very abundant everywhere, and remains 

 through the year, though its numbers are considerably increased in spring. 

 It is a very early breeder, its eggs being found from the beginning of 

 March to the end of May. It seems equally at home in every part of the 

 country. 



