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onura frontalis (Journ. f. Orn. 1860, p. 248), although his de- 

 scription is not quite accurate. 



As is the case with Messrs. Philippi and Landbeck, I have 

 not met with M. striaticeps (Lafr. et D^Orb.), M. capistrata, 

 Burmeister, M. brunnea, Gould, or M. albilora, Lafr. 



The nine species of Muscisaxicola knowm to me may be ar- 

 ranged as follows : — 



a, species rostro unicolore nigro. 



a\ macula nuchge nulla. 



„, , . ,. . f fronte pileo concolore . (1) albifrons. 

 a'", Ions albis. i . ^ ^. )' . .. 



L ironte nigra . . . (3) mgnjrons. 



b'", loris cinereis (3) cinerea. 



,,, . . f major (4) macloviana. 



c"', Ions nigris < ■ .-^ , ,. 



° L minor (5) mentalis. 



V, macula nuchae distincta. 



</"', mac. nuchse flavida (6) flavinucha. 



f major . - • (7) rubricapilla. 

 ef", mac. nuchse rubra \ • iq\ c * 



' \ minor . . . (8) rujivertex. 



b, sp. rostro ad basin flavo (9) maculirostris. 



In my 'Catalogue of American Birds ' (p. 206) I have associated 



with this genus the Tanioptera rubetra of Burmeister (J. f. 0. 

 1860, p. 247), of which curious bird I have a single specimen. 

 This species, however, is certainly not a typical Muscisaxicola, 

 and, I fear, must ultimately be made the type of a new genus. 



I may remark, in conclusion, that there can be no doubt that 

 Muscisaxicola is essentially a Tyrannine form, and has no real 

 affinity with Muscicapa or Saxicola. In the same way, the so- 

 called Chilian " Larks " described by Messrs. Philippi and 

 Landbeck {Certhilauda, Geobama, &c.) belong to the purely Neo- 

 tropical group Dendrocolaptidte. 



VI. — On the Ornithology of Palestine. Part III. 



By the Rev. H. B. Tristram, M.A., F.L.S., C.M.Z.S. 



(Plate II.) 



[Continued from 'The Ibis' for 1865, page 263.] 



Next to the Accipitrine order, there are few classes of birds 



more conspicuous or attractive than the world-wide Crow-tribe, 



