486 Mr. Douglas Carruthers on Birds 



Of this species one specimen was obtained and a few 

 others observed at the well of Mghairah, between the Oasis 

 of Tebuk and Jauf in North-western Arabia. 



30. Saxicola leucopyga. 



Saxicola leucopyga Tristr. Pal. p. 35 ; Seebohm, Cat. B. v. 

 p. 374. 



a. <$ ; b. ? imm.; c. $ . Tebuk, N.W. Arabia. 1 Jan., 

 1909. 



d. <J. Wadi Numeira, E. of Dead Sea. 6 May, 1909. 



A few of these Chats (both immature with black head 

 and adult with pure white crown and nape) were to be 

 seen haunting the scrub near a well in the open deserts 

 south of Tebuk. I afterwards found a few in the gorges on 

 the east side of the Dead Sea, but they were nowhere 

 numerous. 



31. Saxicola melanoleuca. 



Saxicola melanoleuca Tristr. Pal. p. 33 ; Seebohm, Cat. B. 

 v. p. 385. 



a. S • Belka, E. of Dead Sea. 8 Feb., 1909. 



32. Saxicola mossta. 



Saxicola moesta Tristr. Pal. p. 34 ; Seebohm, Cat. B. v. 

 p. 382. 



a. S • 150 miles S.E. of Dead Sea. 8 Feb., 1909. 



33. Saxicola deserti. 



Saxicola deserti Tristr. Pal. p. 33 ; Seebohm, Cat. B. v. 

 p. 383. 



a. S ■ Tebuk, N.W. Arabia. 6 Jan., 1909. 



34. Pycnonotus xanthopygus. 



Pycnonotus xanthopygus Tristr. Pal. p. 57 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. 

 vi. p. 135. 



a. J. Wadi Zerka Main, E. of Dead Sea. 27 April, 

 1909. 



This is a rather rare bird in the country east of the Dead 

 Sea and the Jordan Depression. It descends to the lowest 

 part of the Depression, being found in the Ghor el Mezreh 

 (-1280 ft.). 



