16 Mr. C. W. Wyatt on the Birds of Sinai. 



Calandrella deserti, Tristram, Ibis, 1859, p. 58. 

 Large flocks of these birds frequent the sides of the stream 

 which runs through the marshes near Tor. 



Carpodacus sinaiticus (Licht.). Sinaitic Grosbeak. 



Local ; frequenting the higher parts of the mountains, the 

 plain of Er Rahah, and Wadys Lejah and T'lah. I also met with 

 it in Wady Aleiyat at the foot of Mount Serbal. 



Fringilla ccELEBS, Linn. Chaffinch. 

 I shot this bird in Wady Feiran. 



Serinus hortulorum, Koch. Serin-Finch. 

 Occurs on the plain of Er Rahah ; not common. 



Passer salicarius, Vieillot. Spanish Sparrow. 

 Only found in the oases in Wady Feiran. 



CoRVUS TJMBRiNUS (Hcdenborg) . Brown- necked Raven. 

 Arab. " Ghorab." 



Common, and universally distributed. C. corax I believe I 

 saw on the plain of Er Rahah, and C. affinis on that of El Gaa 

 on one occasion. I recognized the latter from Mr. Tristram's 

 figure of it (Ibis, 1866, p. 72). 



Amydrus tristrami, Sclater. Russet-winged Starling. 

 Wady Feiran, common. 



CoLUMBA scHiMPERi, Bonapartc. Schimper's Pigeon. 

 Occasionally met with in Wady Feiran, Wady Gharandel, and 

 other places. 



Pterocles coronatus, Licht. Arab. " Gata." 

 This is the only species of Sand-grouse which came under my 

 observation. They frequent the plain of El Gaa, and the marshes 

 near Tor. They are very shy and difficult to approach. 



Caccabis SAXATiLis. Rock-Partridgc. Arab. *' Shinar." 

 Frequents the highest parts of the mountains in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Jebel Musa; it also occurs near Serbal, I believe, 

 though I never met with it there myself. I found it much more 

 common on the highlands of Edom and at Petra than in the 

 Peninsula. 



