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33. Wren. {Troglodytes europaus.) 

 Pretty plentiful in Santa Maura. 



34. Wheateab. [Saxicola cenanthe.) 



Mountains of Lebanon, Greece, Rhodes, Candia, in fact, on all 

 the islands and shores of the Mediterranean that I have visited, 

 this little bird is to be seen both in summer and winter. In the 

 ardent heats of summer, they, together with the Bee-eaters, seem 

 to enjoy the hottest rays of the sun on the most barren places, 

 when every other bird is in the shade. 



35. Russet Wheatear. [Saxicola stapazina.) 



This bird is not nearly so plentiful as the common Wheatear ; 

 only one specimen ever came under my observation, and that 

 one flew on board the ship at sea, on its southerly migration in 

 the middle of September. 



36. Whin-Chat. [Saxicola rubetra.) 

 Corfu and Albania ; plentiful. 



37. White Wagtail. [Motacilla alba) 



Inhabits the north coast throughout the winter, as I have 

 captured either this form or the variety M. yarrelli on Decem- 

 ber 28th, in Greece. 



38. Black-headed Yellow Wagtail. [Motacilla melano- 

 cephala.) 



Pretty common about Butrinto in May. 



39. Meadow Pipit. [Anthus pratensis.) 

 Pretty common at Malta and Butrinto. 



40. Red-throated Pipit. [Anthus cervinus.) 



Malta, and common on the plain of Butrinto. The red varies 

 a great deal on the breasts of these birds. Is it known how it 

 is distributed in the various sexes, &c. ? for I have not been able 

 to find it accounted for in any books. I have seen six Pipits 

 ranged in a row ; at one end a distinct Anthus arboreus, and 

 at the other an equally distinct Anthus cervinus, all the inter- 

 vening ones ranging ofi" so gradually (as regarded the red on 

 the breast) that it was impossible to tell where the distinction 

 commenced. 



