818 REV. 0. P. CAMBRIDGE ON SINAITIC SPIDERS. [Dec. 6, 
Uniform dull blue, in a certain light with a faint shadow of greenish 
blue; the base of the feathers blackish, giving a somewhat mottled 
appearance, especially on the head; lores blackish; underparts 
somewhat lighter blue than the back ; the feathers on the vent with 
very indistinct whitish bars; remiges brownish black; primaries 
with narrow, secondaries with broad margins of dull blue along the 
outer webs; under wing-coverts pale isabelline ; upper tail-coverts 
dirty brownish; tail-feathers blackish brown, narrowly margined 
externally with greyish brown. 
Bill hornish yellow tipped with blackish ; on the gape a naked 
oval caruncle, also yellow, with two blue verrucze ; legs and feet pale 
brownish. 
Long. rostr. alt. rost. 
tot. long. al. caud. afr. rictus. abas. tars. dig-med. ung. 
1 Lr Ld ma ws =I 3M mr ler wu 
32 2" 3 12 5 5 37 8 D3 24 
The unique specimen described above was preserved in spirits, and 
is evidently a young bird. The coloration of the old bird may very 
probably differ a good deal, as is the case between old and young 
specimens of both species of Amblyura. Analogously to the latter, 
it might be suspected that the dirty brownish tinge on the upper 
tail-coverts would change to red. 
Unfortunately no notice is given of the habits, or the colours of the 
naked parts alive. The stomach contained small seeds and grains. 
3. Notes on a Collection of Arachnida made by J. K. Lord, 
Esq., in the Peninsula of Sinai and on the African bor- 
ders of the Red Sea. By the Rev. O. P. Camsrinegez, 
M.A., C.M.Z.S. 
(Plate L.) 
The above collection contained two species of Scorpionidea (upon 
the specific identity of which I am unable at present to offer any 
reliable opinion), two species of Solpugidea, and nineteen species of 
Araneidea. The Scorpions belong, I believe, to the genera Tele- 
gonus and Androctonus (Koch); the Solpugidea were the Solpuga 
araneoides (Oliy.) and the Solpuga melana (Savign.) (Rhax melana, 
Koch). Of the former there were several examples, captured in the 
Wady Ferran, peninsula of Sinai; it is an abundant species in 
Upper Egypt, as well as in the plains of the Jordan, lurking by day 
under the stones and among the débris of old ruins, and at night 
running abroad with great activity and swiftness: of the latter 
species (S. melana) there was but one example, captured also in the 
Wady Ferran ; its dark colour and short legs serve to distinguish it 
readily from the former. Both are described and figured by Savigny 
in his great work (Egypte, Arachnides, pl. 8. figs. 7-9). 
The following is a list of the Araneidea, which comprised three 

