446 REV. H. B. TRISTRAM ON THE BIRDS OF PALESTINE. [ Nov. 8, 
191. EmBperizaA MILIARIA, L. 
Very common on all the corn-plains throughout the year. 
192. EMBERIZA HORTULANA, L. 
Abundant in the hills and plains in spring. Does not appear to 
descend into the Ghor. 
193. EmMperiza cia, L. 
Found in winter on the top of Carmel, and in June breeding in the 
highest part of Lebanon. 
194. Emperrza cast, Cretzs. 
The most abundant of all the Buntings among the brushwood and 
scanty shrubs of Central Palestine, from Hermon to the Litany. 
Returns about the end of March. Prefers the hill-sides, where it 
builds its nest under the dwarf shrubs. 
195. EMBERIZA STRIOLATA, Temm. 
Found at Engedi in winter, in a small flock. 
196. EvsprzA MELANOCEPHALA (Scop.). 
Returns from the south in the beginning of April, and is then very 
numerous both on the wooded hills and among olive-groves, where it 
pours forth its varied note from the tops of the highest branches. 
The nest is placed in a bush, not far from the ground ; and the eggs 
mark at once the separation of this genus from Eméeriza. 
197. CoccoTHRAUSTES VULGARIS, Br. 
Observed by Mr. Cochrane in Gilead. 
198. FRINGILLA C@LEBS, L. 
Frequent in winter. Returns to the highest parts of Lebanon in 
spring. Breeds plentifully, in May and June, at the Cedars. 
199. Passer pomEsticus (L.). 
Abundant about the cities. 
200. Passer CISALPINUS, Temm. 
The chestnut-headed variety, and every intermediate gradation, 
occur in my series. The chestnut-headed birds are mostly from 
Jerusalem and the east; the ash-coloured head marks the northern 
and maritime specimens. 
201. Passer sALicarRivs, Schleg. 
In myriads in the Ghor. I have seen more than fifty nests on one 
tree, and the noise of the colonies is absolutely deafening. Quite 
distinct in its habits from the former species. 
202. Passer moasiticus, Tristr. P. Z. 8. 1864, p. 169. 
This new and lovely little species I have already described through 
