from the Dead Sea and North-western Arabia . 
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15. ClNNYRIS OSEA. 
Cinnyris osea Tristr. Pal. p. 63 ; Gadow, Cat. B. ix. p. 53. 
A few specimens of this Sun-bird were observed in the 
Ghor es Sarfeh at the south end of the Dead Sea. - 
The range of this species is greater than was first believed 
by Tristram, who recorded it only from the Jordan De¬ 
pression and from near Mount Carmel. Dr. Merrill (see 
‘Ibis/ 1903, p. 326) widened the range to include Jaffa, 
whilst I have obtained it as far south as Petra, between 
the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Akaba, and as far north as 
the coast-town of Beirut in Syria. The following authentic 
cases of its occurrence so far north are of interest. 
cJ. Beirut, Syria. 8 Sept., 1877. 
? . „ „ 27 Nov., 1880. 
Alma, S. of Tyre. 5 April, 1904. 
The last specimen I obtained myself ; the others are in 
the collection of the American College, Beirut. 
16. Partis major. 
Parus major Tristr. Pal. p. 52 ; Gadow, Cat. B. viii. p. 19. 
The Great Tit was observed on one occasion in. the Wadi 
el Wali, east of the Dead Sea, on the 28th April, 1909. At 
that season the young were fully fledged. 
17. Lanius minor. 
Lanius minor Tristr. Pal. p. 58; Gadow, Cat. B. viii. 
p. 235. 
a. $ . South-eastern shore of the Dead Sea. 1 May, 1909. 
18. Lanius dealbatus. 
Lanius dealbatus Grant, Nov. Zool. vol. ix., Dec. 1902, 
p. 458. 
a. S • Tebuk, N.W. Arabia. 2 Jan., 1909. 
19. Sylvia conspicillata. 
Sylvia conspicillata Tristr. Pal. p. 40; Seebohm, Cat. B. 
v. p. 22. 
a, b. S • Wadi Mojib, E. of Dead Sea. 29 April, 1909. 
The Spectacled Warbler was occasionally met with in the 
scrub on the open desert and in the dry wadis. 
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