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133. MoTAciLLA LUGUBRis, Temni. 



134. MoTACiLLA suLPHUREA, Bcchst. Grey Wagtail. 



135. Lanius meridionalis^ Temm. Southern Shrike. 



136. Lanius personatus, Temm. Masked Shrike. 



137. CORVUS FRUGILEGUS. Rook. 



Near Jaffa. 



138. Alauda arborea, L. Woodlark. 



139. Picus SYRiACUs, Hempr. & Ehrenb. Syrian Wood- 

 pecker, f 



140. COLUMBA TURRICOLA, Bp.? 



Apparently the bird so described by Bonaparte from Italy 

 and Persia^ having the back and rump not white, but of a pale 

 lead-colour, and being rather smaller than our Rock Dove. Shot 

 at Jericho. 



141. Pluvianus ^gyptius, Temm. 



Shot by Mr. Herschell in the Jordan valley. 



143. Anas acuta, L. Pintail Duck. 



Shot by Mr. Herschell in the dry ravine of the brook Kedron. 



143. Larus gelastes, Temm. 

 Taken at Jaffa. 



XXXI. — Ornithology in the International Exhibition. 



We deem it advisable, while it is yet in the power of our readers 

 to test the truth of our remarks, to give, as far as we can, an 

 account of what pertains to Ornithology in the International 

 Exhibition. We are sensible that if we deferred the notice to 

 our next Number we should be able to render it more complete ; 

 for though we have taken some trouble about the matter, it 

 is impossible that we can have seen everything relating to our 

 science that is contained between the two monstrous domes of 

 Brompton ; indeed, some of the very objects entered in the Cata- 

 logues have hitherto escaped our search. But, on the other 

 hand, we believe that by delaying this paper until the close of 

 the Exhibition we should be depriving it of much that will 



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