on Birds observed in Southern Palestine. 
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89. CuCULUS CANORUS. 
I have heard this bird in Palestine, but did not obtain nor 
see it. 
90. COLUMBA (ENAS. 
Several shot in woods near Jericho. 
91. CoLUMBA LIVJA. 
In great numbers where there are rocks and water. 
92. Turtur auritus. 
Resorts to the orange-groves round Jaffa. 
93. Turtur ^egyptiacus. 
One shot near Jericho, where the Arabs state it is common. 
94. Columba-? 
I saw several of a pigeon new to me near Jericho—decidedly 
smaller than the Stock Dove ; but I was unsuccessful in my 
endeavours to obtain a specimen. 
95. Pterocles-? 
The only Sand-grouse I met with were a small flock to the 
west of the Dead Sea. They were neither Pt. arenarius nor 
Pt. setarius, and seemed to me to be Pt. exustus. 
96. Caccabis saxatilis. 
The Partridge of the country. The Erancolin, which is stated 
to inhabit Palestine, did not come under my observation. I 
cannot help thinking that there are two distinct races of Cacc. 
saxatilis , neither of them agreeing exactly with the bird I have 
procured in Greece and in Crete. The specimens 1 obtained in 
the cultivated districts are much lighter in colour than the Greek 
specimens. The black collar is narrower, and the throat sandy 
white instead of rufous. At the same time they are at least 
one-third heavier, and at table rival the pheasant in size. They 
are of a flavour far superior to the French red-legged or Barbary 
birds. In the mountains I procured others very much smaller 
than my Greek specimens, but of plumage more like them in 
hue. The eggs of a nest of this variety, which I took while in 
the mountains, eleven in number, are scarcely as large as those 
of Perdix petrosa. 
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