485 
from the Dead Sea and North-western Arabia. 
26. Drymoeca lefida. 
Burnesia lepida Sharpe, Cat. B. vii. p. 211. 
a. $ . South end of Dead Sea. 6 May, 1909. 
b. $ . South-east shore of Dead Sea. 1 May, 1909. 
c. A- Wadi Zerka Main, E. of Dead Sea. 25 April, 
1909. 
d. ? . South end of Dead Sea. 6 May, 1909. 
These specimens undoubtedly belong to the Indian form 
of Drymoeca gracilis, which is the common Wren-War bier of 
the maritime plain of Syria and Palestine. Drymoeca lepida 
has not been recorded before from these localities, but its 
occurrence is not unexpected, for it has been obtained in 
Egypt and at Fao on the Persian Gulf. 
27. Argya squamiceps. 
Argya squamiceps Tristr. Pal. p. 49 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. vii. 
p. 395. 
a. $ . Wadi Zerka Main, E. of Dead Sea. 24 April, 
1909. 
b, c. ? . South end of Dead Sea. 1-6 May, 1909. 
d. $ . Tebuk, N.W. Arabia. 2 Jan., 1909. 
This Babbler is very common in the wadis on the east 
side of the Dead Sea, and is also found sparsely throughout 
North-western Arabia. 
28. Cercomela melanura. 
Cercomela melanura Tristr. Pal. p. 35. 
Myrmecocichla melanura Seebohm, Cat. B. v. p. 360. 
a. $\b. ?. Wadi Zerka Main, E. of Dead Sea. 27 April, 
1909. 
Apparently the range of this Chat-Bobin in Palestine is 
confined to the rocky gorges in the Dead Sea Depression, 
where it is most numerous about ocean-level, and does not 
seem to descend further into the Depression. At this alti¬ 
tude the birds breed early, and by the middle of April the 
young are fully fledged. 
29. Saxicola morio. 
Saxicola leucomela Tristr. Pal. p. 35. 
Saxicola morio Seebohm, Cat. B. v. p. 372. 
