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anywhere. The male has but two notes, but those are of won- 

 derful power and of the richest volume. The roll of his music is 

 something like that of the Organ-bird of Australia, and makes 

 the rocks resound. The nest is placed in inaccessible crevices 

 of the cliffs, and the birds are bold and fearless, allowing a 

 stranger to approach very near while continuing their song, 

 then suddenly breaking off for an instant and renewing it the 

 moment one stands still. The plumage of the female is much 

 inferior in brilliancy to that of the male, but she has the same 

 rich chestnut wings. 



67. CORVUS CORAX. 



Universally present. 



68. CoRVUS CORNIX. 



Not uncommon. 



69. Pastor roseus. 



One specimen seen in an orange-grove at Jaffa. 



70. Sturnus vulgaris. 



Large flocks feed in the Plain of Sharon. 



71. Chlorospiza chloris. 



Common in all the gardens throughout the country. 



72. Petronia stulta (Gm.). 



Found everywhere on the bare stony hills, and frequenting 

 the villages for food, but never observed among gardens or trees. 



73. Passer salicicola, Vieill. 

 In vast numbers near Jericho. 



74. Passer cisalpinus. 



I believe that it is this variety which frequents the towns and 

 villages, but unfortunately I did not preserve a specimen. 



75. Passer montanus. 

 About Jerusalem. 



7Q. Fringilla ccelebs. 

 Very common. 



77. EUSPIZA MELANOCEPHALA. 



In the brushwood on the hill-sides on the road from Ramleh 

 to Jerusalem. 



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