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35. Sylvia mdanothorax. Tristram. Ibis, 1872, p. 296. Palestine 

 Warbler. 



One pair of this new Warbler, the type specimens, were obtained by 

 me at Engedi, close to the shore of the Dead Sea, on 2nd February, 1872. 

 I never observed any other individuals. Since then Lord Lilford has 

 obtained several specimens in Cyprus in the month of May, and one has 

 been procured on the coast of Phoenicia by Dr. Van Dyk, of Beyrout. 

 No other specimens are known. It can be at once distinguished from the 

 next species by its black throat and upper breast. 



36. Sylvia niclaiioccphala. (Gmel. Syst. Nat. i., p. 970.) Sardinian 

 Warbler. 



The Sardinian Warbler is very generally distributed in Palestine, and 

 remains throughout the year in the scrub on the sides of the upland 

 wadys, secreting itself after the manner of our Wood-Wren in the bushes. 



The Sardinian Warbler is found in all the districts bordering on the 

 Mediterranean, only migrating to a limited extent, and never wander- 

 ino- from the Mediterranean basin. 



37. Sylvia bowmani. Tristram. /(J/V, 1S67, p. 85. Bowman's Warbler. 

 Very little is known of this Warbler, which I obtained in various parts 



of the country. It is not a migrant, and is very like the Sardinian 

 Warbler in general appearance, but differs in various details, especially in 

 the shortness of the tail, and in the iris being lemon yellow. 



It was first obtained by Ehrenberg, who named it Cw^riica moiiins, 

 but the description would be wholly unintelligible without the type. It 

 has been supposed to be the same as the Sylvia mystacea of Menetries 

 (Cat. Raisonn., p. 34), but I cannot agree with the identification for 

 several reasons, and therefore retain the name of Sylvia boivmani. The 

 bird has only certainly been found out of Palestine in Persia, and probably 

 also in North-east Africa. It is the Sylvia rnbcscens of Blanford {Ibis, 

 1874, p. -j^). 



38. Sylvia orphcus. Temm. Man. d'Ornith. i., p. 19S. Orphean 

 Warbler. 



A summer visitant to Palestine, returning in the beginning of April, 

 and affecting chiefiy the groves and olive-yards of the northern part of the 

 country. 



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