54 FAUNA AND FLORA OF PALESTINE. 



which sparsely stud the chasm, while Neumayer's Nut-hatch gambols over 

 the bare rocks. 



This very peculiar species is only known from Asia Minor and Syria. 



FAMILY, TROGLODYTID.^i. 



78. Troglodytes parvulus. Koch. Saiig. u. Vogel Baierns, p. 161. 

 Common Wren. 



The Wren occurs, but by no means plentifully, on the northern hills ot 

 Palestine. It is found all over Euro^De ; in the Barbary States from 

 Morocco to Tunis ; in North-Western and Central Asia, Asia Minor and 

 Persia. 



FAMILY, MOTACILLID^. 



79. Alotacilla alba. Linn. Syst. Nat. i., p. 331. White Wagtail. 



The White Wagtail is very abundant everywhere in winter, but becomes 

 scarce as the spring advances, and is not seen at all in the south in 

 summer. A few remain to breed in Galilee, where in the hills I have 

 taken the nest. 



The White Wagtail is universally spread over Continental Europe ; 

 North and Central Africa as far as Senegal and Abyssinia ; Northern 

 Asia as far as Lake Baikal, and southwards to Persia and Scinde. 



80. Motacilla vidua. Sund. Oefv. vet. Fdrhdlg. 1850, p. 158. White- 

 wincjed Pied Wafjtail. 



Has been obtained by Dr. Herschell in the Jordan valley, and I have 

 seen a second specimen in Jerusalem. It is essentially an African species, 

 found over the whole of that continent, e.xcept the Barbary States. 



81. Motacilla siilphiirea. Bechst. Gem. Naturg. Vog. Deutsch. ii., 

 p. 459. Grey Wagtail. 



This bird is not uncommon in winter by the banks of streams and 

 swamps. Never observed after early spring. All I have examined 

 are the long-tailed European, not the shorter-tailed Asiatic bird, 

 M. inelanopc. 



It is found throughout Europe, North Africa and Asia, as far as 

 Persia. 



