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83. Erithacus rubecula (L.). 



Generally distributed in the wooded districts of the north 

 and south, but not common. 



84. DaULIAS LUSCINIA (L.). 



First met with at Develu Kara Hissar, in the gardens round 

 the town. 



85. Daulias PHILOMELA (Bechst.). 



Both the present and preceding species are common about 

 the villages of the interior, and are especially abundant in the 

 oak-scrub districts. 



86. Saxicola cenanthe (L.) . Doksandje (The one of ninety) . 

 First appeared at Anascha March 16th. It never became 



very common in that district, but was in the valleys at the 

 base of the Ala dagh. The most numerous of the genus. 



All the Chats receive the above name, from a prevailing 

 belief that each bird collects at the close of the autumn ninety 

 stones, which it secretes in a hole, and retiring itself therein, 

 casts out a stone daily until the whole are gone. It then 

 knows that winter is past, and comes out into the spring. 



87. Saxicola albicollis (Vieill.) . 



Far less numerous than any of the other Chats found in 

 this region, and only observed in the Taurus. First observed 

 March 28th. 



88. Saxicola melanoleuca (Giild.) . 



Common and well distributed in the Taurus and interior. 

 Arrived at Anascha April 1st, and by the 10th of that month 

 was by far the most numerous of the genus. A large series 

 shot at that time shows great changes of coloration in the upper 

 parts, the plumage varying between the sooty browns of the 

 winter plumage and the pure white of the breeding-dress. 



This Chat is much more arboreal in its habits than any of 

 the others, and may often be seen perched on the very summit 

 of a tall tree. Nests were taken from garden-walls and mud- 

 banks, the principal building-material being grass-roots. 



89. Saxicola erythr^ea, Ehr. 



This rare species, which appears to be resident in Palestine, 



