. The survey of western Palestine. The fauna and flora of Palestine . The female, in otherrespects clad in the same quiet hues as our hen Sjaarrow, has also thebright yellow spot on either side of the neck. The Yellow-neckedSparrow of India, P. flavicollis, has a yellow spot on the throat, none onthe sides of the neck. For the convenience of reference I append the original descriptionand measurements of this rare bird : Ex cinereo isabellinus, tectricibus alarum Isete-castaneis: superciliis etdorso medio, cum remigum et rectricum maginibus rufescenti-isabellinis :dorso medio nigro-striato: gut
. The survey of western Palestine. The fauna and flora of Palestine . The female, in otherrespects clad in the same quiet hues as our hen Sjaarrow, has also thebright yellow spot on either side of the neck. The Yellow-neckedSparrow of India, P. flavicollis, has a yellow spot on the throat, none onthe sides of the neck. For the convenience of reference I append the original descriptionand measurements of this rare bird : Ex cinereo isabellinus, tectricibus alarum Isete-castaneis: superciliis etdorso medio, cum remigum et rectricum maginibus rufescenti-isabellinis :dorso medio nigro-striato: gutture medio cum cervice nigris: maculasuboculari et gutturis vitta utrinque laterali albis : macula cervicali utrin-que flava: ventre albo, crisso rufescenti; rostro superiore plumbeo,inferiore cum pedibus flavis. Total length 38 inches, wing 2-3, tail rS. I2T. Petroiiia stiilta. (Gmel. Syst. Nat. i., p. 919.) Rock Sparrow. The Rock Sparrow is not unfrequent in the open rocky country along the central ridge of Palestine up to the highest part of Lebanon. I had n-1 /. < < p 3:: o < <K QJ E CO A VES. 69 formerly stated it to be never found in winter, but was in error. In 1S81I met with it twice in February. It breeds down the wells. The Rock Sparrow occurs over a wide range, from the Canaries acrossBarbary, Southern and Central Europe, Central Asia, North Persia, anThibet as far as North China. 122. Petronia brachydactyla. Bp. Conspect. Gen. Av. i., p. Rock Sparrow. Plate X. This very plain and meanly coloured bird is very scarce and local. Ifirst found it in a bare desert plain under Hermon, and took two nests inlow bushes not two feet from the ground. The eggs are glossy whitewith a few marone spots, like a diminutive Golden Orioles. It has onlybeen found on bare desert ground in Arabia, North-east Africa, thePersian desert plateau, and Palestine. 123. RIontifriiigilla nivalis. (Linn. Syst. Nat. i., p. 321.) SnowFinch. Isolated and sedentary, a few pairs o
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