340 Messrs. Dresser and Blanford on 



specifically from that species. The measurements are as fol- 

 lows : — 



Wing. Tail. Tarsus, 



in. in. in. 



No. 231 2-64 1-97 0-78 



395 2-65 2-02 084 



396 2-42 1-92 078 



428 2-75 2-18 075 



429 2-75 1-97 0-83 



CuRRUCA THEBAicA, Ehr. fol. bb. The type of this species 

 is missing. Dr. Cabanis informed us that he believed it to 

 be the female of his Melizophilus nigricapillus. 



CuRRUCA MOMUs, Ehr. fol. bb. Differs merely from Sylvia 

 melanocephala in being somewhat smaller in size, and can 

 scarcely be considered distinct. Dr. Cabanis's Melizophilus 

 nigricapillus (Mus. Hein. i. p. 35, no. 231) is founded on these 

 specimens, collected by Hemprich and Ehrenberg, the mea- 

 surements of which are as follows : — 



Culmen. Wing. Tail. Tarsus, 



in. in. in. in. 



No. 252. Nubia 0-5 2-1 2-08 



253. „ 0-5 2-22 2-13 



435. Syria 051 208 0-72 



Ixus XANTHOPYGOs, Ehr. fol. bb, is a good species. In the 

 collection there are three old and one young bird from Arabia. 



Merula syriaca, Ehr. fol. bb. We could not find the type 

 of this species. 



Saxicola EURYMELiENA, Ehr. io\.bb,= Saxicola melanoleuca, 

 GUld. There are three specimens, all from Syria. 



Saxicola libanotica, Ehr. fol. bb, = Saxicola cenanthe. 

 There are nine specimens, from Syria, Arabia, and Palestine. 



CuRRUCA GALACTODEs, var. SYRIACA, Ehr. fol. bb. Amongst 

 the specimens of this bird collected in Syria by Hemprich 

 and Ehrenberg, three in number (Nos, 667 and 310 from 

 Beyrout, and No. 487 from Syria), two, Nos. 667 and 310, 

 are referable to Aedon familiaris, and the third. No. 487, 

 is referable to Aedon galactodes. Besides these we examined 



