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with blackish brown ; the hind neck a little more uniform and 

 sand)' brown like the sides of the neck ; lores white, as also the 

 feathers below the eyes ; a distinct eyebrow of sandy isabelline ; 

 ear-coverts brown, washed with sandy buff; a small mark of 

 blackish spots at the base, extending below the eye ; cheeks sandy 

 isabelline, with a malar line of dusky-brown dots ; throat and 

 abdomen white, with a slight wash of sandy isabelline, which is 

 more distinct on the fore neck and chest, sides of body, and thighs ; 

 under tail-coverts isabelline white ; on the fore neck and chest a 

 few small blackish streaks, increasing in strength towards the sides 

 of the fore neck, where they form a blackish patch ; under wing- 

 coverts sandy isabelline, the axillaries ashy isabelline ; quills ashy 

 brown below, isabelline along the inner web : " bill pale whitish 

 brown, darkest on the culmen ; legs pale yellowish brown ; iris 

 brown" (6r. E. Shelley). Total length 5-5 inches, culmen 045, 

 wing 3-45, tail 2-05, tarsus 0-75. 



Adult femcile. Similar in colour to the male, but with scarcely 

 anv streaks on the fore neck, the lateral patch on which is also 

 smaller. Total length 5-5 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 3-6, tail 2-15, 

 tarsus 0"85. 



Calandrella hermonensis of Tristram cannot be uphold as a 

 species, inasmuch as it decidedly grades into C. hrachi/dacti/la as 

 regards every character in which it is supposed to differ from 

 that species. In the Palestine specimens the males measure from 

 3-55 to 3-9 inches. It should be noticed that this rufous form is 

 by no means confined to Palestine, but is indeed found throughout 

 the countries of the Mediterranean, and the same form extends to 

 Abyssinia and Persia. The Museum possesses specimens with 

 rufous heads from Spain, Italy, Algeria, Greece, and Egypt, which 

 can in nowise be distinguished from so-called C. hermonensis, but 

 individuals from Turkey are both brown and rufous on the head. 



Hab. Southern Europe, extending to N.E. Africa and through 

 Persia to Turkestan, and thence into JN'.W. India. 



a. Jliv. sk. [Europe.] Gould Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. Gibraltar. Colonel Irby [P.]. 

 e. S ad. sk. Southern Spain, March 10 Seebohm Coll. 



{Huiz). 



d. 2 ad. sk. Ain Beida, Algeria, May 1 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(O. S.). 



e. 2 ad. sk. Mourzouk, March. Gould Coll. 

 /, (/. Ad. sk. Italv. Purchased. 



h. Ad. sk. Naples. Prof. Bonelh [P.]. 



{. Ad. sk. Liguria (G. Doria). Seebohm Coll. 



h. Ad. sk. Austria. Seebohm Coll. 



/. c? ad. sk. Mt. Parnassus, May 15 {H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



m-p. S ad. sk. Turkey, April (T.'Jiobson). Tweeddale Coll. 



q,r.S2 ad. sk. Turke'y, April {T. H.). Gould Coll. 



s, <. J 5 ad. sk. Pet-na-hore, Turkey, April (C. Seebohm Coll. 



G. Danford). 



u, V. (^ 2 ^^- sk. Smyrna, July {Dr. Kritper). Tweeddale Coll. 



w. d ad. sk. Smyrna, April (Dr. Kritper). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



