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Mr. C. G. Danford on the 
83. Erithacus rubecula (L.). 
Generally distributed in the wooded districts of the north 
and south, but not common. 
84. Daulias luscinia (L.). 
First met with at Develu Kara Hissar, in the gardens round 
the town. 
85. Daulias Philomela (Bechst.). 
Both the present and preceding species are common about 
the villages of the interior, and are especially abundant in the 
oak-scrub districts. 
86. Saxicola (enanthe (L.) . Doksandje (The one of ninety). 
First appeared at Anascha March 16th. It never became 
very common in that district, but was in the valleys at the 
base of the Ala dagh. The most numerous of the genus. 
All the Chats receive the above name, from a prevailing 
belief that each bird collects at the close of the autumn ninety 
stones, which it secretes in a hole, and retiring itself therein, 
casts out a stone daily until the whole are gone. It then 
knows that winter is past, knd comes out into the spring. 
87. Saxicola ALBicoLLis (Vieill.). 
Far less numerous than any of the other Chats found in 
this region, and only observed in the Taurus. First observed 
March 28th. 
88. Saxicola melanoleuca (Giild.). 
Common and well distributed in the Taurus and interior. 
Arrived at Anascha April 1st, and by the 10th of that month 
was by far the most numerous of the genus. A large series 
shot at that time shows great changes of coloration in the upper 
parts, the plumage varying between the sooty browns of the 
winter plumage and the pure white of the breeding-dress. 
This Chat is much more arboreal in its habits than any of 
the others, and may often be seen perched on the very summit 
of a tall tree. Nests were taken from garden-walls and mud- 
banks, the principal building-material being grass-roots. 
89. Saxicola erythr^ea, Ehr. 
This rare species, which appears to be resident in Palestine, 
