1864.] REV. H. B. TRISTRAM ON THE BIRDS OF PALESTINE. 449 
223. PreROCLES SENEGALENSIS, Lath. 
More plentiful than the last, and often in smaller bands. Obtained 
both to the S.E. of Beersheba and near the mouth of the Jordan. 
224. PreEROCLES ARENARIUS, Temm. 
Obtained by J. H. Cochrane, Esq., north-east of Hermon, and 
observed also by myself in the same district. 
225. Prerocues aucnara (L.). 
Seen several times in flocks, though not obtained. I have not the 
slightest hesitation in enumerating it as a Palestine species. 
226. FRANCOLINUS VULGARIS, Bp. 
Common in the plains of Gennesaret, Huleh, and Acre. 
227. CaccaBIS SAXATILIS, Bp. 
Very common in every part of the country, excepting the Ghor. 
228. Caccanis HEYII, Temm. 
Abundant in the Dead Sea basin and the adjoining ravines. Never 
met with elsewhere. Breeds generally in holes in and under rocks. 
A resident species. 
229. CoruRNIX VULGARIS, Schl. 
Occasionally put up throughout the winter. In spring most abun- 
dant in all the corn-fields and grassy plains, and especially in the 
Ghor. 
230. StRUTHIO CAMELUS, L. 
I possess a skin procured by Aghyle Agha, the well-known Sheik 
of Tabor, and given to me by T. B. Sandwith, Esq., H.B.M. Consul 
at Caiffa. Aghyle assures me the bird was killed in the Belka, and 
therefore can fairly be included in the Fauna of Palestine. 
231. Oris TaRDA, L. 
I have frequently heard of this bird as found in the plain of Sharon, 
but never saw it. It is common in Northern Syria, and therefore 
probably still exists in the maritime plains. 
232. Oris TETRAX, L. 
I am assured that the little Bustard resorts to the barley-plains in 
spring, but it has not come under my personal observation. 
233. Hovspara UNDULATA, Jacq. 
In the desert portions of the Ghor, where it is a resident and 
breeds. 
234, CEpICNEMUS CREPITANS (L.). 
Very common in the Ghor and in the wilderness of Judea through- 
out the year. 
Proc. Zoou. Soc.—1864, No. XXIX. 
