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also the case with two eggs I possess, collected by Canon Tristram in Palestine ; and I further 

 observe that they are smaller than my Spanish specimens, measuring only ffj by f-jj inch. 



The specimen figured, on the same Plate with Aedon familiaris, is an adult male from 

 Egypt, in my own collection. 



In the preparation of the above article I have examined the following specimens : — 



E Mus. H. E. Dresser. 



a. Southern Spain (My), b, d. Kulat el Shukif, May 30th, 1864 [Tristram), c, rf. Plain of Acre, April 

 22nd, 186-4 (Tristram). d,<3. Egypt (Rogers), e, c?. Ghizeh, April 12th, 1864 (S. S. Allen). /, $ . 

 Cairo, April 19th, 1864 (S. S. Allen), g, <S . Egypt, April 1st, 1868 (Shelley), h, d . Bejook, Abyssinia, 

 August 18th, 1868 (Jesse). 



E Mus. G. E. Shelley. 



a, 2 . Nubia, April 10th, 1870 (Shelley), b, 2 . Egypt, March 31st, 1868 (Shelley) . c, <S . Egypt, March 29th, 

 1870 (Shelley), d, 2- Nubia, April 7th, 1870 (Shelley). e,f. Abyssinia, 1871 (Esler). 



E 3/us. II. B. Tristram. 



a. Algeria, May 23rd, 1856. b, 6 . Algeria, c, 2 ■ Jericho, April 14th, 1864. d, 6 . Genezareth, April 28th, 

 1864 (H. B. T.). 



E Mus. Berol. 



a. Syria. b.c,d,e. Egypt. f,g,h. Abyssinia (Hempr. and Ehr.). 



E Mus. Salvin and Godman. 



a, 6. Jericho, April 13th, 1861 (Tristram), b, 2 ■ Genezareth, May 24th, 1864 (Tristram), c, 2 , d, $. 

 Algeria, May 19th, 1857 (O. Salvia). 



