278 Rev. H. B. Tristram on the Birds of Palestine. 



Palestine and that of South-eastern Europe, The Jordan valley, 

 however, presents a remarkable exception. It is there that Cra- 

 ter opus chahjheus, Bp., Nectarinia osea (Bp.), and Amydrus tris- 

 trami (Sclater) occur ; and to these we may now add Merops 

 viridis and Pluvianus cegyptius. 



I find all the species I had given in 'The Ibis/ vol. i. as 

 doubtful, now confirmed by the collections I have examined. 



The Gypaetus, as I perceive by Mr. Herschell's specimen, is 

 G. barbatus, not G. nudipes. 



The species are numbered continuously from the list given in 

 ' The Ibis,' vol. i. p. 23. 



120. BuTEO RUFiNUS, Kaup. Long-legged Buzzard. 

 Shot by Mr. Herschell in Southern Judsea. 



121. AcciPiTER Nisus, L. Sparrow-Hawk. 

 Throughout the country. Four specimens were shot in as 



many difi"erent disti'icts. 



122. Bubo ascalaphus, Sav. 

 Shot near Hebron. 



123. Syrnium aluco, Cuv. Tawny Owl. 



The Palestine specimens are peculiarly pale in plumage. 



124 Caprimulgus EUROPiEus, L, Goa'tsucker. 



125. Caprimulgus ? 



Another and smaller species, shot in the valley of the Jordan. 



126. HiRUNDo CAHiRiCA, Licht. 



127. Merops apiaster, L. Bee-eater. 



128. Merops viridis, L. 



Shot in the valley of the Jordan. Probably the western limit 

 of this species, which has not, I believe, been hitherto noted as 

 occurring in Syria. 



129. Alcedo ispida, L. European Kingfisher. 

 Common in the Jordan valley. 



130. Oriolus galbula, L. Golden Oriole. 



131. Erythacus rubecula, Bp. Redbreast. 



132. Ruticilla phcenicura, Bp. Redstart. 



