A V E S, 



The following birds were observed in Sinai, Arabia Petreea, and South 

 Palestine from November to February. Those whose names have a t pre- 

 fixed were kindly identified for me by Canon Tristram, from specimens 

 brought home. For fuller information the reader should consult Canon 

 Tristram's work, and also Mr. Wyatt's appendix to the ' Ordnance Survey 

 of Sinai,' 



\Turdus iliacus, Linn. Redwing. I shot a redwing at 'Ain es Sultin, 

 Jericho, on January 15. Not obtained, I believe, in Palestine previously. 



t7", merula, Linn. Blackbird. I saw several, and shot one in the 

 latter half of December in the Ghdr es Safieh. Blackbirds were seen also 

 at Gaza in the following month. 



^Saxicola monacha, Temn. Hooded chat. In Widy Nasb and Widy 

 el Hamr in Sinai, I obtained this species, and again in the 'Arabah at 

 'Ain el Tabci, where there were Several birds, mostly males. I also met 

 it near Tell el Milh in the Judsean wilderness. Canon Tristram iden- 

 tified four specimens amongst my collection. This species is found 

 elsewhere in Egypt and Nubia. 



^S. isabellina, Rupp. Menetries wheatear. I obtained several speci- 

 mens of this bird in Sinai, the 'Arabah, and near Bir es Sebd. It was 

 frequently in company with the hooded chat. A Mesopotamian species 

 ranging from North-east Africa to China. 



S. mossta, Licht. Tristram's chat. About four miles south-west of 

 Bir es Sebd I fell in with a few chats I had not previously seen. They 

 had a most peculiar call, a sort of exclamation in two strangely unlike 

 notes, which differed from that of any other bird I have heard. They 



