. Palestine : the physical geography and natural history of the Holy Land. mm wk. [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 w

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. Palestine : the physical geography and natural history of the Holy Land. mm wk. [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-

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