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onura frontalis (Journ. f. Orn. 1860, p. 248), although his de¬ 
scription is not quite accurate. 
As is the case with Messrs. Philippi and Landbeck, I have 
not met with M. striaticeps (Lafr. et D'Orb.), M. capistrata ,. 
Burmeister, M. brunnea, Gould, or M. albilora , Lafr. 
The nine species of Muscisaxicola known to me may be ar¬ 
ranged as follows :— 
a, species rostro unicolore nigro. 
a 1 , macula nuchse nulla. 
a w , loris albis. | f ron t e 
b"\ loris cinereis 
f fronte pileo concolore . (1) albifrons. 
nigra 
... , . . f major 
c". Ions mgr is < 
’ D L minor 
minor 
(2) nigrifrons. 
(3) cinerea. 
(4) macloviana. 
(5) mentalis. 
(6) flavinucha. 
(7) rubricapilla. 
(8) rufivertex. 
(9) maculirostris. 
b n } macula nuchse distincta. 
d in , mac. nuchse flavida 
tn if major 
e'"j mac. nuchse rubra 1 
b , sp. rostro ad basin flavo 
In my f Catalogue of American Birds 9 (p.206) I have associated 
with this genus the Tcenioptera rubetra of Burmeister (J. f. 0. 
1860, p. 247), of which curious bird I have a single specimen. 
This species, however, is certainly not a typical Muscisaxicola , 
and, I fear, must ultimately be made the type of a new genus. 
I may remark, in conclusion, that there can be no doubt that 
Muscisaxicola is essentially a Tyrannine form, and has no real 
affinity with Muscicapa or Saxicola. In the same way, the so- 
called Chilian “ Larks ” described by Messrs. Philippi and 
Landbeck ( Certhilauda , Geobama, &c.) belong to the purely Neo¬ 
tropical group Dendrocolaptidre. 
VI.— On the Ornithology of Palestine. Part III. 
By the Rev. H. B. Tristram, M.A., F.L.S., C.M.Z.S. 
(Plate II.) 
[Continued from ‘The Ibis ’ for 1865, page 263.] 
Next to the Accipitrine order, there are few classes of birds 
more conspicuous or attractive than the world-wide Crow-tribe. 
