FROM THE EAST. 515 
and scattered pastures of the isiands near the Barrage of the 
Nile. 
44, CALANDRITES BRACHYDACTYLA. Short-toed Lark. 
In large flocks on the islands near the Barrage, but never 
met with elsewhere. 
45. AMMOMANES DESERTI. Desert-Lark. 
This lark is rather common in the barren rocky mountains 
at Assuan, and of regular occurrence throughout Egypt in 
stony barren tracts. 
46. AMMOMANES crncTURA. Gould’s Desert-Lark. 
Occasionally seen in several of the desert mountains of 
Upper Egypt, but nowhere common. 
47, EMBERIZA HORTULANA. Ortolan Bunting. 
Often observed in flocks on the grassy mountains. They 
assembled in great numbers on the detached clumps of bushes, 
and were probably on migration. 
48. EmprrizaA casta. Cretzschmar’s Bunting. 
Of regular occurrence throughout Palestine, and even 
common in districts where there are thick bushes and large 
masses of rock. 
49. PAsseR ITALIZ. Italian Sparrow. 
The commonest Sparrow both in Egypt and Palestine in 
many of the localities that abound in ruins, debris, and thick 
bushes. 
50. PASSER HISPANIOLENSIS. 
Everywhere very abundant in Upper Egypt, especially 
among the ruins on the island of Philee. 
