340 Messrs. Dresser and Blanford on 
specifically from that species. The measurements are as fol¬ 
lows :— 
Wing. Tail. Tarsus, 
in. in. in. 
No. 231 . 2-64 1-97 0-78 
895 . 2-65 2*02 0 84 
896 ............ 2-42 1-92 0-78 
428 .. 2-75 2-18 0*75 
429 .. 2*75 1*97 0*83 
Curruca thebaica, Ehr. fol. bb. The type of this species 
is missing. Dr. Cabanis informed us that he believed it to 
be the female of his Melizophilus nigricapillus. 
Curruca momus, Ehr. fol. bb. Differs merely from Sylvia 
melanocephala in being somewhat smaller in size, and can 
scarcely be considered distinct. Dr. Cabanis's Melizophilus 
nigricapillus (Mus. Hein. i. p. 35, no. 231) is founded on these 
specimens, collected by Hemprich and Ehrenberg, the mea¬ 
surements of which are as follows :— 
Culmen. 
Wing. 
Tail, 
Tarsus. 
in. 
ini 
in. 
in. 
No. 252. Nubia ... 
. 0*5 
2*1 
2*08 
253. „ 
. 0*5 
2*22 
2*13 
435. Syria__ 
. 0*51 
2*08 
0*72 
Ixus xanthopygos, Ehr. fol. bb, is a good species. In the 
collection there are three old and one young bird from Arabia. 
Merula syriaca, Ehr. fol. bb. We could not find the type 
of this species. 
Saxicola eurymeljENA, Ehr. fol. bb,=Saocicola melanoleuca, 
Giild. There are three specimens, all from Syria. 
Saxicola libanotica, Ehr. fol. bb, = Saxicola cenanthe . 
There are nine specimens, from Syria, Arabia, and Palestine. 
Curruca galactodes, var. syriaca, Ehr. fol. bb. Amongst 
the specimens of this bird collected in Syria by Hemprich 
and Ehrenberg, three in number (Nos. 667 and 310 from 
Beyrout, and No. 487 from Syria), two. Nos. 667 and 310, 
are referable to Aedon familiaris, and the third. No. 487, 
is referable to Aedon galactodes. Besides these we examined 
