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I must confess that I am quite unable to reconcile these conflicting statements, especially as 
I have assured myself, by a careful comparison of examples from Asia Minor, Palestine, North 
Africa, and India, that there is no specific difference between the birds from the different localities. 
Some are paler than others; but these, I observe, were in every case obtained in desert places, 
where all birds appear to be paler in general coloration. 
The specimen figured is an adult male from Adalia in my own collection. 
In the preparation of the above article I have examined the following specimens :— 
E Mus. H. FE. Dresser. 
a, 3,6, c,?. Adalia, December 18th, 1874 (C. G. Danford). d,3. Egypt, February 28th, 1870 (G. E. 
Shelley). 
E Mus. Brit. Req. 
a. Gennesareth. 6. Brook Kishon. c. Tiberias (H. B. Tristram). d. Nile. e, 3,f,2. Zoulla, Abyssinia, 
January 1868 (W. T. Blanford). g,&. Jal, Baluchistan, March 17th, 1872. h, 2. Bahu Kelat, 
Baluchistan, February 3rd, 1872 (Blanford). 7. N.W. Himalayas (Capt. Pinwill). 
E Mus. H. Seebohm. 
a, 3. Adalia, December 18th, 1874 (C. G. Danford). 6, 6. Carmel, Palestine, March 24th, 1864 (H. B. 
Tristram). 
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