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exclusively. I cannot trace it on any of the spurs south- 

 wards, either from Hermon or Lebanon, and there it is very 

 local." 



Addition. — On the 7th of March, 1885, I shot a beautiful 

 specimen about half-an-hour distant from Jerusalem, near 

 the Convent of the Cross. 



No. 116. Hawfinch — Coccothraustes vulgaris. 



Tristram. — " Only twice detected it, once in Gilead and 

 once near Tabor." 



Addition. — I have three specimens, one from east of the 

 Jordan, and two from the neighbourhood of Jerusalem. 



No. 139. Grakle — Amydrus tristrami Sclater. 



Tristram. — " Appears to be confined to the immediate 

 neighbourhood of the Dead Sea." 



Addition. — This bird ascends the Great Wadies to a 

 higher point than these words seem to imply. In the upper 

 part of the Wady Farah, and in Wady Suweinit, not 

 far from Mukhmas, I have frequently seen it in large 

 numbers. 



No. 167. Night Jar — Caprimulgus tamaricis. 

 Tristram. — " Only three specimens known." 

 Addition. — I have a beautiful specimen, which I obtained 



at Jericho in December. 



No. 193. Montagu's Harrier — Circus cineraceus. 



Tristram. — " Not often come under my observation. 

 Obtained three specimens by the Lake of Galilee." 



Addition. — I obtained two specimens near Jaffa in 

 November, 1885, and one in the Jordan Valley in April, 

 1886. 



No. 197. African Buzzard — Buteo desertorum. 



Tristram. — " This may probably be entered among the 

 birds of Palestine, though I have never obtained a specimen." 



Addition. — I have three good specimens, one of which was 

 obtained near Mar Saba, and the others in the Jordan Valley. 

 One of these was taken in December, and the others in 

 April. As Dr. Tristram says that it has never been found 



