from the Dead Sea and North-western Arabia. 483 



15. ClNNYRIS OSEA. 



Cinnyris osea Tristr. Pal. p. 63 ; Gadow, Cat. B. ix. p. 53. 



A few specimens of this Sun-bird were observed in the 

 Ghor es Sarfeh at the south end of the Dead Sea. 



The range of this species is greater than was first believed 

 by Tristram, who recorded it only from the Jordan De- 

 pression and from near Mount Carmel. Dr. Merrill (see 

 ' Ibis/ 1903, p. 326) widened the range to include Jaffa, 

 whilst I have obtained it as far south as Petra, between 

 the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Akaba, and as far north as 

 the coast-town of Beirut in Syria. The following authentic 

 cases of its occurrence so far north are of interest. 



S . Beirut, Syria. 8 Sept., 1877. 

 ? . „ „ 27 Nov., 1880. 



$ . Alma, S. of Tyre. 5 April, 1904. 



The last specimen I obtained myself ; the others are in 

 the collection of the American College, Beirut. 



16. Parus major. 



Parus major Tristr. Pal. p. 52 ; Gadow, Cat. B. viii. p. 19. 



The Great Tit was observed on one occasion in the Wadi 

 el Wali, east of the Dead Sea, on the 28th April, 1909. At 

 that season the young were fully fledged. 



17. Lantus minor. 



Lanius minor Tristr. Pal. p. 58 ; Gadow, Cat. B. viii. 

 p. 235. 



a. S • South-eastern shore of the Dead Sea. 1 May, 1909. 



18. Lanius dealbatus. 



Lanius dealbatus Grant, Nov. Zool. vol. ix., Dec. 1902, 

 p. 458. 



a. (J . Tebuk, N.W. Arabia. 2 Jan., 1909. 



19. Sylvia conspicillata. 



Sylvia conspicillata Tristr. Pal. p. 40 ; Seebohm, Cat. B. 

 v. p. 22. 



a,b. S ■ Wadi Mojib, E. of Dead Sea. 29 April, 1909. 



The Spectacled Warbler was occasionally met with in the 

 scrub on the open desert and in the dry wadis. 



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