284 Phillips, Birds of Sinai. LJuly 



told from Hartert's description (Vog. d. Pal. Fauna, p. 781). Certainly 

 they are not like N. t. Cypriotes from Cyprus. They are not red-brown like 

 the European examples and are pale and nearly unhanded on the lower 

 sides. The wing is 46 and 48 mm. The wren is very rare in Syria. 



Turdidje. 



Monticola saxatilis (Linn.). Rock Thrush. — Two cTcf; Wady 

 Feran, March 31; Shobek, Palestine, May 1. 



Monticola solitarius solitarius (Linn.). Blue Thrush. — Pair; 

 Wady Feran, Sinai, March 31. 



Phoenicurus phoenicurus phoenicurus (Linn.). Redstart. — Six; 

 Wady Feran, March 31; Monastery, Sinai, April 9; Akaba, April 21; 

 Shobek, Palestine, April 30; Ain Gleidat, May 2. 



Luscinia luscinia (Linn.). Nightingale. — Three; Petra, April 28; 

 El Katuma, Syria, May 20; Mimis, Syria, May 30. 



Cercomela melanura melanura Temm. Palestine Blackstart. — 

 Seven; Wady Feran and Wady Saal, Sinai, March 29-31, April 7. 



(Enanthe oenanthe rostrata Hemp. & Ehrb. Wheatear. — Ten; 

 Gharandel, March 25; Wady Feran, March 31; El Hawa, April 3; Nu- 

 huibeh, April 13; Akaba, April 20. The wing bands of these specimens 

 are not very apparent, so that one of the characters of this race is lacking. 

 The bills are 17 to 18 mm., a little short. This poorly marked form mi- 

 grates to Egypt, Somaliland and German East Africa. It is a variable 

 race as Tristram and Hartert have both pointed out. 



(Enanthe isabellina (Cretzschm.). Isabelline Wheatear. — One cf; 

 Shobek, Palestine, May 1. 



(Enanthe lugens lugens (Licht.). Pied Chat. — One cf; Shobek, 

 May 1. 



(Enanthe leucopyga (Brehm) . White-rumped Chat. — Three ; Wady 

 Feran, April 1; Wady Garbeh, April 2. 



(Enanthe monacha (Temm.). Hooded Chat. — Two; Wady Feran, 

 March 29; Nuheibeh, April 13. 



(Enanthe melanoleuca finchii (Heugl.). Black-throated Wheat- 

 ear. — Four; Ain Hodra, Sinai, April 10; Akaba, April 19; Tafileh, 

 May 3; Shiba, Syria, May 25. 



SlLVIIDiE. 



Agrabates galoctotes galoctotes (Temm.). Rufous Warbler. — 

 Two cf d" ; Shobek, April 30; Rasheya, Syria, May 21. 



Locustella fluviatilis (Wolf). River Warbler. — One &, Tafileh, 

 southern Palestine, May 3. This rather rare bird was taken by Tristram 

 in northern Palestine. 



Acrocephalus strepera strepera (Vieill.). Reed Warbler. — Two^ 



