birds were named after him, including Tristram's starling (also called Tristram's grackle), Tristram's warbler, Tristram's woodpecker, Tristram's serin, and Tristram's storm-petrel. He also lent his name to the gerbil Meriones tristrami (also called Tristram's jird). He is also commemorated in the scientific name of a species of lizard, Acanthodactylus tristrami. References External links 1865: The land of Israel: Travels in Palestine. 1873: The land of Moab; travels and discoveries on the east side of the Dead Sea and the Jordan 1822 births 1906 deaths 19th-century English Anglican priests Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford English ornithologists English travel writers Fellows of the Royal Society Holy Land travellers Palestinologists Parson-naturalists People educated at Durham School People from Alnwick Theistic evolutionists Zoological collectors Natural history of Palestine (region)