76 The Oologists' Record, December i, 1921. 



go on to say much about the normal size of clutch, which is probably 

 six or five eggs. My sets are as follows : — 



26.5.18 2 Fresh i,5ooS , , .,.,, ^, 



o^ .. -rQ r -17- J J / Judean Hills, north 



30.5.18 6 Very advanced ... 2,500 , 



. r. -rQ r- Tj + u- i. ' r ai^d north-west 



4.0.15 5 Hatchmg out ... 2,300 I . j 



13.6. 18 4 Advanced and bad 2,000' J ^ 



Measurements in inches of 13 eggs : — 



Average. Maxima. Minima. 



(L.) 1-26 (L.) 1-30 X -go (L.) I -21 X -90 



(B.) -916 (B.) 1-23 X -94 (B.) I -21 X -90 



The eggs do not differ in coloration from British specimens. 

 The breeding season apparently starts early in May, and there is 

 only one brood in the year. This bird is a resident. 



Hagiopsar iristrami. 



While Chukar-shooting in the Wady Kelt, near Jericho, during 

 August, 1920, I came across what were undoubtedly the nests 

 of this species on the ledges of the rocky and precipitous cliffs 

 which flanked this cleft in the hills. The nests, as far as I could 

 see, were large, untidy collections of sticks, and quite conspicuous — 

 they were not more than 50 feet above the ground level of the 

 ravine and by no means inaccessible. I have no information as 

 to which months constitute their breeding season. I believe this 

 species is a resident, and it is peculiar to a few ravines only in the 

 vicinity of the Dead Sea. 



Palestine Greenfinch— Chloris chloris chloroiica. 



Alter the House Sparrow {Passer domesticus biblicus) this is 

 probably the commonest breeding species in Palestine, at least in 

 the Coastal Plain, besides which it is one oi the earliest as well as 

 the latest to nest. 



It is essentially a bird of the orange groves, though it is not 

 over-particular in its choice of breeding sites, provided that the 

 cover is fairly thick and helps to concealment, while it is by no 

 means uncommon in the Judean Hills. Dozens of nests may be 

 found in quite small orange groves, while this bird is even more 

 partial to the small patches of lemon trees which are 

 scattered amongst the groves. 



