1864.] REV. H.B. TRISTRAM ON THE BIRDS OF PALESTINE. 441 
and myself, with four eggs set on, near the Lake of Galilee, on April 
2nd. 
140. BEssoNORNIS ALBIGULARIS (Von Pelzeln). 
This bird has very recently been described at Vienna by Herr yon 
Pelzeln under the name of Sawicola albigularis. Supported by the 
high authority of Mr. G. R. Gray, I have no hesitation in removing 
this singular and almost unique species into the genus Bessonornis 
of Smith. My knowledge of the bird’s habits and appearance in 
life—its perching among the thickest foliage, where it pours forth a 
song which rivals the Nightingale’s—its nest and eggs, which have 
no correspondence with those of the Sazicoline, but approach those 
of S. orphea and S. nisoria more closely than any other—all convince 
me that it has no affinities with the true Saaicoline. We only found 
ion the higher slopes of Hermon and of Lebanon. The female 
which I exhibit has not yet been described. 
141. DromoLzxa monacna, Riipp. 
Only found at the south end of the Dead Sea. 
142. DROMOLHA LEUCOCEPHALA, Br. 
Obtained on the barren ravines by the Dead Sea. 
143. DromMoLaA Levucoryera, Br. 
In similar localities as the last. Though not found together by 
me, I am by no means prepared to maintain their specific distinct- 
ness, as I find white feathers peeping out on the head of D. leuco- 
pygia at times. 
144. SaAxICOLA PHILOTHAMNA, Tristram. 
We met with my old Saharan acquaintance in a district very like 
that in which I first discovered it, to the south-east of Beersheba, in 
the desert. It was not uncommon, but in a very restricted locality. 
A resident. 
145. SAXICOLA @NANTHE, L. 
Very common in the northern hills and on Carmel. Appears in 
the south only on its migration. 
146. SaxicoLa RostraTA, H. & Ehrenb. 
If this be a good species, which I doubt, it is more plentiful than 
S. enanthe near the snow-line of Hermon and Lebanon, where we 
found it breeding abundantly. 
147, SAxICOLA ISABELLINA, Riipp. 
A resident in the southern part of the wilderness of Judea. 
148. SaxICOLA SALTATRIx, Ménétr. 
Found in some numbers on the higher plains of the north. Ap- 
pears to be only a large variety of the preceding, if it be not identical. 
