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Tin's species breeds on Hernion, Lel)an()ii, and the higher 

 ground near Galilee. 



Of eleven s})eciniens live adult males compare well in 

 colour with birds from continental Europe, but the culmen 

 is slightly longer, ranging from 17 to 19 mm., whereas in most 

 Continental birds the culmen varies from 16 to 17 mm. 

 I do not consider this sufficient to justify the race " rostrata,^^ 

 which name I consider should become a synonym of the 

 typical race. (J^. o\ ar<jeutea Lonnb. is, however, a good 

 race with lighter mantle, more white on the forehead, and 

 longer wing, though not so long as in G^. a'. leucorrJioa. 



The wings of five adult males obtained vary from 94 to 

 98 mm. 



(Enanthe deserti. 



(J^. d. deserti Temm. 

 A female shot at Rafa on 17. xi. belongs to the western 

 race. Not otherwise seen. 



(Enanthe hispanica. 



CE.li.melanolenca (Gilld.). (^ = ^ax. lihp. xantliomeJana 

 Hemp. & Ehr.) 



Breeds throughout southern Palestine and northern Sinai, 

 from Mount Carmel south and east to the Jordan Valley. 

 Clutches of five and six eggs were taken on Carmel on 

 2.3. iv. and 20. iv. respectivol}-, the former being well- 

 speckled with rusty spots, forming a distinct zone at the 

 base of one egg, whilst the second clutch have fewer and 

 smaller freckles of rust, mostly at the larger end. Clarke 

 found six fresh eggs near Gaza on 4. v., and young were 

 being fed at Belah on 18. vi. In each case the nest was 

 placed under a ledge of rock, and was composed of coarse 

 roots and bents, thickly lined with horse-hair. 



In early September birds commenced moving south. They 

 were scarce after 28. ix., the last seen being an adult male 

 on 15. X. In spring they commence arriving in the first 

 ten days of March, and are common by 21.iii. 



Of twenty adult males obtained fifteen are black-throated 

 and five are white-throated. 



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