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42. Sylvia nisoria. (Bechst. Naturg. Deutschl. iv., p. 580.) Barred 

 Warbler. 



The Barred Warbler, nowhere a very common bird, is rare in Palestine, 

 but visits the country in spring, I believe only on passage, as I never 

 found it breedino-. 



The rancre of the Barred Warbler is limited from Central and South- 

 eastern Europe as far as Turkestan and Persia, and southwards it has 

 been noticed in Nubia. 



43. Sylvia tmdata. (Bodd. Tabl. PI. Ent., p. 40, No. 655.) Dart- 

 ford Warbler. 



The Dartford Warbler is very scarce in Palestine, being occasionally 

 found in the scrub in the neighbourhood of the Spectacled Warbler, which 

 it much resembles in habits. It remains, I believe, through the year. 



Palestine is probably its extreme Eastern limit. It is found in the 

 south of England, but not in Germany or Central Europe. Its head- 

 quarters are the countries bordering on the Western Mediterranean. 

 East of Italy it is very rare. 



44. Sylvia nana. (Hemp, and Ehr. Symb. Phys. Aves, fol. cc.) 

 Pygmy Warbler. 



This curious little desert bird only asserts its claim to a place in our 

 list by its occurrence in the desolate Sebkha, at the south end of the 

 Dead Sea. 



It is found in the deserts of the Sahara, the Sinaitic Peninsula, 

 Southern Persia, Scinde and Turkestan. 



45. Regnhis cristatus. Hoch. Baiern. Zool, p. 199. The Gold-Crest. 

 The Gold-Crest is found in Lebanon, which is, perhaps, its southern 



limit in the East. It is spread through all Europe and North Asia, down 

 to the Himalayas, and also inhabits North-West Africa, extending to the 

 Canaries and Azores. 



46. Phylloscopus superciliosus. (Gmel. Syst. Nat. i., p. 975.) The 

 Yellow-browed Warbler. 



The Yellow-browed Warbler rests its claim to its place here on a 

 solitary specimen shot by myself at Jericho, ist January, 1864. I have 



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