478 Mr. Douglas Carruthers on Birds 



thetn were collected and preserved, but in a few cases they 

 were only " observed." References to Tristram's 'Fauna 

 and Flora of Palestine ' are added, and quoted as " Tristram, 

 Pal." 



There are 54 species enumerated in my List and 4 others 

 in the Appendix. Of these, five are not included in Tristram's 

 work, namely, Ammomanes cincturus, A. saturatus, Lanius 

 dealbatus, Parus cceruleus, and Porzana bailloni. 



1. CORVUS AFFINIS. 



Coi'vus af/inis Tristr. Pal. p. 76; Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 46. 



a. <$ . Wadi Beni Hammad, E. of Dead Sea. 29 April, 

 1909. 



b. ? . Wadi Numeira, E. of Dead Sea. 6 May, 1909. 

 The Fan-tailed Raven is confined, in Palestine, to the 



Dead Sea region. It is fairly common in the ravines on the 

 eastern side of the Depression, where I have seen a flock of 

 no less than eight together. The birds are also occasionally 

 seen in company with Common Ravens, but are easily 

 distinguished from them by their short, rounded tails, 

 which are very noticeable. They have, moreover, a very 

 different and much more musical cry. I found them nesting 

 on the 28th of April. 



2. CoRVUS COLLARIS. 



Corvus monedula Tristr. Pal. p. 75. 



Colmus collaris Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 27. 



Jackdaws were very common in the declivities of the 

 Moab Plateau. All the specimens I obtained seemed to 

 belong to the white-collared race of Corvus monedula. 

 Tristram also noted this, but did not give specific value to 

 the white-collared variety. 



3. Amydrus tristrami. 

 Amydrus tristrami Tristr. Pal. p. 74. 

 Hagiopsar tristrami Sharpe, Cat. B. xiii. p. 168. 



a. <J ', b. ? . Wadi Hessi, S.E. of Dead Sea. 2 May, 

 1909. 



Large colonies of these birds haunt the rock-gorges in 



