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Rev. H. B. Tristram's Notes 
119. Larus argentatus. 
Common along the coast. 
Several other Gulls were also observed, but not obtained, as 
we lay at anchor, and in Caiffa Bay probably the whole of the 
south-eastern species might be collected. Larus audouinii and 
Sterna affinis were among those we recognized, but could not 
secure. 
Note to Mr. Tristrands Paper on the Birds of Palestine. 
We are acquainted with only two authorities of any import¬ 
ance on the Birds of the Holy Land: first, Hemprich and 
Ehrenberg's ‘ Symbohe Physicse' (Berlin, 1820-25); and se¬ 
condly, a paper of Prince Bonaparte in the ‘ Comptes Rendus' 
(vol. xlii. p. 764). The following extract, which contains all 
that relates to Syrian ornithology in the former work, it has 
been thought advisable to reprint, as the book is very scarce, 
and difficult of access :— 
<e In Syria xxx. species observavimus, Europseas xx., Asiaticas x. 
Inter genera unicum Asiaticum est. Nomina nunc brevi 
enumerare lubet. 
1. Ixos XANTHOPYGOS, Nob. 
(Statura et colore Ixo capensi et 7. arsinoce simillima, hoc 
paullo major, cauda longiore, crisso et tectricibus inferi- 
oribus Isete flavis : rostro validiore, magis curvato. Capite 
atro a capensi diversus. Marem foeminam et pullos novimus. 
Specimina xix. In Arabia frequens, in Africa nunquam 
visus.) 
2. Turdus saxatilis. 
3. Turdus merula, var. syriaca. 
(Ab Europsea differt rostro digitisque validioribus, cauda lon¬ 
giore. Remigum iv tus longissimus.—Rostrum album. Spe¬ 
cimen unicum habuimus.) 
4. Cinclus aquaticus, var. rufiventris et albiventris. 
5. Saxicola eurymel,ena, Nob. 
(Specimina ix. adsunt, Syriaca omnia. Collare, tergseum et 
vertex cum pectore et abdomine et basis caudae alba. Vertex 
cinereo aspersus. Cervix et pectus dilute isabellina. Caudle 
§ apice nigra. Alse, gula et frontis margo nigra. Fcemina 
