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Lanius senator niloticus (Bp.). Eastern Wood-chat Shrike. — 

 Five; Tafileh, Palestine, May 2 and 3; Ammik, Syria, June 6; Baneyas, 

 Syria, May 28. 



Lanius collurio collurio Linn. Red-backed Shrike. — One d"; 

 Wady Hisa, May 4. 



Parid^e. 



Parus major terraesanctse Hart. Palestine Great-tit. — Two; 

 Tafileh, Palestine, May 2-3. 



NeCTARINIDjE. 



Cinnyris osea Bp. Palestine Sun-bird. — One cf; Petra, April 27. 

 I found this a rare bird. 



MoTACILLIDiE. 



Motacilla alba alba Linn. White Wagtail. — Three; Moses Wells, 

 Suez, March 23; Wady Feran, April 1; Abu Sweira, Sinai, April 13. 



Budytes flava flava Linn. Blue-headed Wagtail. — Four; Wady 

 Feran, Sinai, March 31; Akaba, April 19-21; Shobek, Palestine; April 30. 



Budytes melanocephala Licht. Black-headed Wagtail. — One cf; 

 Wady Feran; Sinai, March 29. 



Anthus trivialis (Linn.). Tree-Pipit. — Five; Wady Feran, Sinai, 

 March 31; Wady El Ain, April 12; Nuheibeh, Sinai, April 13; Akaba, 

 April 15. 



Anthus campestris campestris (Linn.). Tawny Pipit. — One; Ain 

 Gleidat, Palestine, May 2. 



ALAUDIDyE. 



Otocorys alpestris bicornis Brehm. Mt. Herman Horned Lark. — 



Two d" cf ; Mt. Hermon, May 24. 



Melanocorypha calandra calandra (Linn.). Calandra Lark. — 

 Three; El Kerak, Palestine, May 7; Saghbin, Syria, June 5; Ammik, 

 Syria, June 6. 



Melanocorypha bimaculata. Menets. Eastern Calandra Lark. — 

 Two; Ammik, Syria, June 6; Rasheya, Syria, June 2. 



Calandra brachydactyla brachydactyla Leisl. Short-toed Lark.— 

 Two d 1 cf ; Ain Gleidat, Palestine, May 2; Madeba, Palestine, May 10. 



Ammomanes deserti katherinae Zedlitz. Sinai Desert Lark. — 

 Three; Wady Feran, Sinai, March 29; Monastery, Sinai, April 3. 



Zedlitz has described this form from the high parts of Sinai and thinks 

 it differs from the lark around the low deserts of Suez and Egypt, A. d. 

 isabellina. He writes that it has a more lively voice and its wings make a 

 whistling sound when it flies! It is said to be more grey and less red on 

 the upper side than isabellina, and with a larger bill than fraterculus of 



