. Palestine : the physical geography and natural history of the Holy Land. gham, travelling across the mountains from Damascus to Sidon,heard the voice of the cuckoo, loud,distinct, and clear, at the time theground was covered with deep Arabs call it Teer-el-Yakoob, orJacobs Bird, from supposing himto utter the name, the Arabic soundof which, indeed, the sound closelyresembles. That beautiful bird, the Wry-neck,appears and withdraws about the sametime as the The timid GreaterSpotted Woodpeckerd inhabits thehollow trees. There are three speciesof the Kingfisher,e namely, the C
. Palestine : the physical geography and natural history of the Holy Land. gham, travelling across the mountains from Damascus to Sidon,heard the voice of the cuckoo, loud,distinct, and clear, at the time theground was covered with deep Arabs call it Teer-el-Yakoob, orJacobs Bird, from supposing himto utter the name, the Arabic soundof which, indeed, the sound closelyresembles. That beautiful bird, the Wry-neck,appears and withdraws about the sametime as the The timid GreaterSpotted Woodpeckerd inhabits thehollow trees. There are three speciesof the Kingfisher,e namely, the Com-mon Kingfisher;f the Halcyon;? andthe Smyrna Kingfisher. The Bee-EalerJ* called in Arabic Wurwar,formerly not known in England, butnow an occasional visitant, appears inSyria in the spring and remains tillautumn. At their first appearancethey are very lean, but soon becomefat, and are then reckoned delicateeating. Hasselquist saw them in thegroves and plains between Acre reports that a species of Humming-Bird is found in Syria. M. J. B. Adanson met. [Bee-Eater.} a Coraciasgarrula. •> Oriulus galbula. c Cuculus canorus. J Yunx torquilta. e Alcedo ispidia. We are aware that this is not the common kingfisher, although very nearly so ; but as our authority (Russell)gives both names, we must follow him, as we cannot know whether the bird be really the common species or realty A. Alcedo halcyon. S Alcedo Smyrnensis. u Merops apiaster. 3 f 2 CCCC1V PHYSICAL HISTORY OF PALESTINE. [Chap. VIIL
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