430 REV. H.B.TRISTRAM ON THE BIRDS OF PALESTINE. [Noy. 8, 
36. ATHENE MERIDIONALIS, Risso. 
An abundant and resident species in every part of the country. 
37. KerTupa CEYLONENSIS, Gm. 
This extraordinary and most interesting addition to the fauna of 
Palestine was shot by me in a wild wooded glen running down into 
the Plain of Acre, the Wady el Kurn. We put up out of trees at 
least four individuals in two days. ‘The wady possesses a perennial 
and well-shaded stream, which swarms with fish and crabs, the 
favourite and perhaps exclusive food of this Owl. I obtained my 
specimen on December 8th. 
38. Scors zorca, Gm. 
Very common in spring in old ruins and olive-groves, returning to 
Palestine about the middle of April. We found the nests both in 
walls and in hollow trees. 
39. BuBo ASCALAPHUS, Sav. 
A resident and widely distributed species, living in burrows in the 
rolling uplands of Beersheba and in caves in the deep glens of Ga- 
lilee. 
40. Orus vuuearis, Flem. 
Rather scarce. 
41. Orus BRAcHyoTUus, Boie. 
Occurs in winter in the north and on the hill-country of the south. 
42. Syrnrum auuco (L.). 
Common wherever there is timber. Frequently heard in Gilead, 
where I took the nest; obtained by Mr. Herschell near Jericho; 
and very numerous about the cedars of Lebanon. 
43. Srrix FLAMMEA, L. 
Met with by me during my first visit; but not observed in the 
course of our recent researches. 
44, CAPRIMULGUS EUROP2US, L. 
A summer visitant. Has been obtained by various travellers in 
every part of the country. 
(Caprimulgus ruficollis, Temm. I saw a specimen in the posses- 
sion of a Greek at Jerusalem, who assured me he had bought it in 
the flesh there ; but I have no further authority for its insertion.) 
45. CAPRIMULGUS TAMARICTIS, n. sp., mihi, P. Z. 8. 1864, p. 170. 
This interesting species appears to be a permanent resident in the 
Dead Sea basin, where alone, in the most desolate and unfrequented 
parts, we obtained it in the month of January, at Air Feshkbah, in 
the north-west, and Jebel Usdum, at the south end. In form and size 
