. Palestine : the physical geography and natural history of the Holy Land. lso that they were birds of passage,being known to go to Abyssinia in the end of spring, to stay there during the rainy season ofthat country, and to return again to these mountains to enjoy the winter rains here. There are in Syria four species of the lark, namely—the Sky-lark,* the Wood-lark^ theTit-lark,0 the Crested-lark,A and the Calandra-lark e—all birds of fine song. There is alsothe Starling.* In the Thrush genus the species are—the Missel-thrush,^ the Fieldfare,^ the Song-thrush,1the Fox-coloured thrush,^ the B
. Palestine : the physical geography and natural history of the Holy Land. lso that they were birds of passage,being known to go to Abyssinia in the end of spring, to stay there during the rainy season ofthat country, and to return again to these mountains to enjoy the winter rains here. There are in Syria four species of the lark, namely—the Sky-lark,* the Wood-lark^ theTit-lark,0 the Crested-lark,A and the Calandra-lark e—all birds of fine song. There is alsothe Starling.* In the Thrush genus the species are—the Missel-thrush,^ the Fieldfare,^ the Song-thrush,1the Fox-coloured thrush,^ the Blackbird,1 the Ring-Ouzel,m and the The Black-bird was heard by Lord Lindsay in Edom. Monro in Galilee heard, for the first time sinceleaving England, the joyous note of the blackbird. He adds that his [natural] song isalways monotonous and without melody; but associations being imbibed by recollection [ofeducated birds] he was much enraptured by the sound. The Locust Bird is about the size of the starling. The bill and legs are black ; the plumage. [Collared Turtle. Columba Risoria.] The messenger had a young brood at Aleppo, and was sent down in an uncovered cage to Scanderoon, from whence, as soon as setat liberty, she returned with all expedition to her nest. It was usual at the season of the arrival of the annual ships to sendpigeons to be ready at the port, and, by all accounts, if the bird remained absent ahove a fortnight, she was apt to forget heryoung, and therefore not fit to be trusted. Upon inquiring into the manner of training the pigeon for this service, I was told bysome that she was at once sent down to Scanderoon in a cage ; but I am rather inclined to believe what was affirmed by others,that she was taught by degrees to fly from shorter distances on the Scanderoon road. The Editor was informed that the pigeons, when let fly from Scanderoon, instead of bending their course towards the highmountains surrounding the plain, mounted at once d
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