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Lanius rufus, Briss. 



" Malė. Shot on the Jebel mountains June 1843. Femalc. Food 

 small beetles : disposition shy. Totai length from bill to tail 7*6 

 inches. Common on Jebel mountains; shot 5th of May 184.3." 

 Oriolus galbula, Linn. 



From the island of Cerigo, Mediterranean. Presented by Capt. 

 Thomas Graves, R.N. 



Saxicola rubetra, Bechst. 



" Malė. Shot in a garden on the 9th of November 1843. Fe- 

 male. Shot on the Jebel mountains May 1843." 



Saxicola Deserti, Riipp. 



" Shot at Sokna by G. B. Gagliuffi, Esq., March 1843. Food, ants 

 and other small insects." 



Saxicola (Enanthe, Gould. 



Two specimens. Shot by G. B. Gagliuffi, Esq. at Sokna, March 

 1843, and one in the autumn of 1843. 



Saxicola .■' 



This is apparently a new species, nearly allied to S. cachinnans, 

 Temm., but I defer describing it until more specimens are received. 



" Malė. Shot in the Wadi Belkashim. Sent from Fezzan in the 

 autumn of 1843 by G. B. Gagliuffi, Esq." 



Saxicola ? 



" A young bird, shot upon the Jebel mountains June 1843. Ap- 

 pears to belong to an undescribed species." 



Phcenicura ruticilla, Swains. 



" Malė. Shot by G. B. Gagliuffi, Esq. at Sokna, March 1843." 



Curruca cinerea, Bechst. 



" Sent from Fezzan during the autumn of 1843 by G. B. Gagliuffi, 

 Esq." 



Curruca melanocephala, Lath. 



" Malė. Shot in a garden on the 9th of November 1843. Eye- 

 lids orange-red." 



Curruca orphea, Gould. 



" Shot in Owaniyeh valley on the Jebel mountains 5th of May 

 1843. Malė. Totai length 6"7 inches: food beetles: eyes pale 

 straw-yellow, with dilated black pupils : lives among rushes. It had 

 the largest testes I ever observed in any bird of its size ; they were 

 O' 7 of an inch long, and equal in raagnitude to its gizzard." 



Salicaria Phragmitis, Selb. 



" Shot on the Jebel mountains May 1843." 



Salicaria galactotes, Gould. 



" Malė. Songster. Food, minute grasshoppers, insects, &c. Totai 

 length 7^ inches ; bill dusky brown, legs light brown ; testicles white 

 and very large, each being nearly equal in size to its gizzard. Habits 

 shy. This lovely bird, whenever it perches upon a branch, wags its 

 tail likę a Motacilla." 



