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23. CURRUCA ATRICAPILLA. 



24. CuRRUCA MOMUSjN. {Sylviamelanocephala^\xh\3i,lAc\Li.) 

 (Specimina iv. Habitus et color Curruca melanocephalcB. Ros- 



tro, tai'sis totoque corpore minor qukm melanocephula, remi- 

 gum 2'^"* septimo longior, qui eo brevior in melanocephald 

 est. Tarsus 8^'". Cauda gradata.) 



25. Lanius minor. 



26. Lanius rufus, var. 



27. Muscicapa grisola. 



28. motacilla alba. 



29. budytes boarulus. 



30. Anthus campestris." 



The species mentioned by Prince Bonaparte as from Palestine 

 in his article in the ' Comptes Rendus ' are — (1) Cinnyris osea, 

 Bp. (2) Crateropus chalyheus, Bp. (3) Ixos vallombrosce, Bp. 

 (evidently the same as Ehrenberg's xanthopygius). (4) Saxicola 

 erythrcea, H. et E. (5) Cercomela asthenia, Bp. (6) Ammoperdix 

 heyii (Temm.). (7) Gavia hrunneiceps, Bp. (8) Cerxjle rudis. 

 They were collected by the Due de Vallombrosa. 



We quite agree with Mr. Tristram in calling the attention of 

 the many travellers who visit the Holy Land every year, to the 

 veiy inaccurate knowledge we as yet possess of its fauna, and 

 to the many interesting species which they may obtain there ; 

 such as, among the birds, Cinnyris osea, Ixos xanthopygius, 

 Amydrus tristratnii, &c,, which are quite unknown in European 

 collections. — (Ed.) 



IIL — Ornithological Reminiscences of Egypt. 

 By E. Cavendish Taylor, M.A., F.Z.S. 



The following birds (with two or three exceptions) were shot 

 by myself and three friends, in Egypt, between Alexandria and 

 the first Cataract of the Nile, during the months of November 

 and December 1853, and January 1854. In the very few 

 instances where the bird was not actually obtained, it was seen 

 by myself so plainly as to leave no doubt on my mind as to its 



