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Of this species one specimen was obtained and a few 
others observed at the well of Mghairah, between the Oasis 
of Tebuk and Jauf in North-western Arabia. 
30. Saxicola leucopyga. 
Saxicola leucopyga Tristr. Pal. p. 35 ; Seebohm, Cat. B. v. 
p. 374. 
«. $ \ b. $ imm,; c. $ . Tebuk, N.W. Arabia. 1 Jan., 
1909. 
d. <$ . Wadi Numeira, E. of Dead Sea. 6 May, 1909. 
A few of these Chats (both immature with black head 
and adult with pure white crown and nape) were to be 
seen haunting the scrub near a well in the open deserts 
south of Tebuk. I afterwards found a few in the gorges on 
the east side of the Dead Sea, but they were nowhere 
numerous. 
31. Saxicola melanoleuca. 
Saxicola melanoleuca Tristr. Pal. p. 33 ; Seebohm, Cat. B. 
y. p. 385. 
a. $ . Belka, E. of Dead Sea. 8 Feb., 1909. 
32. Saxicola miesta. 
Saxicola mcesta Tristr. Pal. p. 34 ; Seebohm, Cat. B. v. 
p. 382. 
a. $ . 150 miles S.E. of Dead Sea. 8 Feb., 1909. 
33. Saxicola deserti. 
Saxicola deserti Tristr. Pal. p. 33 ; Seebohm, Cat. B. v. 
p. 383. 
a. <$ . Tebuk, N.W. Arabia. 6 Jan., 1909. 
34. PYCNONOTUS XANTHOPYGUS. 
Pycnonotus xanthopygus Tristr. Pal. p. 57 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. 
vi. p. 135. 
a. £. Wadi Zerka Main, E. of Dead Sea. 27 April, 
1909. 
This is a rather rare bird in the country east of the Dead 
Sea and the Jordan Depression. It descends to the lowest 
part of the Depression, being found in the Ghor el Mezreh 
(-1280 ft.). 
