. Palestine : the physical geography and natural history of the Holy Land. [Stork.] Canaan, as they do in the modern PalestineMultitudes of these birds congregate on theborders of the Lake of Tiberias. There aretwo species in Syria, the Whitea and the Syria also possesses the Numidian0 and theCommon Cranes ;d the Little Bittern ;e Cur-lew ;f Woodcock; R Snipe; h Jack Snipe ; Grey Sand-piper ;k Green Plover ^ Slone Cur-lew im Lapwing ;n Coot;° Rail p Water-Rail ;<*Bustard f—this last is of frequent flesh is excellent, and it is taken with hawksand hunted with gre
. Palestine : the physical geography and natural history of the Holy Land. [Stork.] Canaan, as they do in the modern PalestineMultitudes of these birds congregate on theborders of the Lake of Tiberias. There aretwo species in Syria, the Whitea and the Syria also possesses the Numidian0 and theCommon Cranes ;d the Little Bittern ;e Cur-lew ;f Woodcock; R Snipe; h Jack Snipe ; Grey Sand-piper ;k Green Plover ^ Slone Cur-lew im Lapwing ;n Coot;° Rail p Water-Rail ;<*Bustard f—this last is of frequent flesh is excellent, and it is taken with hawksand hunted with greyhounds. It runs exceed-ingly fast, but cannot perch, and rises on thewing with difficulty. The bird is not altogetherunknown in England, and is the largest land-bird we possess. The other species in Syria isthe Arabian Bustard which is nearly as largeas the other, but exhibits a considerably differ-ent plumage. Ostriches are named several times in theBible. They still inhabit the great Syrian de-. ^s =}(£. [The Ostrich.] a Ardea S. Charadrius Rail as Crex. b A. nigra. c d A. grus. e A. minuta. f Sculnpax arquata. h S. Gallinago. > S. Oallinula. k Tringi squatarula. m C. Oedicnemus. n Fulicaatra. 1 R. Aquaticus. * Otis tarda. » « Lev. xi. 19 ; Deut. xiv. 15 ; Job xxx. 22 ; Isa. xiii. 21 ; xxxiv. 13; xliii. 20 ; Jer. 1. 39 ; Lam. iv. 3 ; Mic. i. 6. Chap. VIII.] ZOOLOGY. ccccvii sert, especially the plains extending from the Haouran towards the Jebel Shammar and are found in the Haouran; and a few are taken almost every year, even within two daysjourney of Damascus. The bird breeds in the middle of winter, and lays from twelve totwenty-one eggs. The nest is generally made at the foot of some isolated hill. The eggs areplaced close together in a circle, half buried in sand, to protect them from rain, and a narrowtrench is dug round, whereby the water runs off. At ten or twelve feet from this circle
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