28 Rev. H. B. Tristram's Notes 



the most barren and rocky regions, and runs up and down the 

 stones with wondrous agiUty, descending head downwards, and 

 then, by a sudden bound, flying to the foot of the next rock, 

 which it climbs, and runs down after the same fashion, search- 

 ing the crevices as it goes, for small beetles, with which the 

 stomachs of those I examined were filled. In summer and 

 winter alike they were always in pairs, never (as Sitta europaa) 

 in small flocks. The note is louder than that of our species, 

 and much resembles the call of the Spotted Woodpecker. 



32. Troglodytes europ^us. 

 Frequent, 



33, Erythrgpygia galactotes. 

 Seen near the Jordan. 



3i. HiPPOLAIS SALICARIA, 



In moist places near Jericho. 



35. SaLICARIA TURDOIDES. 



Among the reeds by the mouth of the Jordan. 



36. Phyllopneuste rufa. 

 Generally distributed. 



37. Phyllopneuste bonellii. 

 One specimen shot. 



38. Melizophilus provincialis. 



Among the bushes on the dry hill-sides, in the most barren 

 parts of the country. 



39. Sylvia subalpina. 



Shot on the wooded banks of the Jordan. 



40. Sylvia melanocephala. 

 Frequent in gardens and olive-yards. 



41. Curruca orphea. 



Several times met with in olive-yards and on wooded hill- 

 sides throughout the country, 



42. Curruca atricapilla. 



Found in numerous flocks in the defiles opening on the Dead 

 Sea. Had I not procured and brought home several specimens, 

 I should have doubted its identity with our species, so diff'erent 



