Jgg XOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE XXI. 1914. 



fields and gardens. At the station, close to the platform, oae sees not less than six 

 or seven Storks' nests, Scriiii/s and Goldfinches are seen everywhere in the trees, 

 and inuumeraVile Sparrows. 



II. LIST OF BIRDS COLLECTED AND OBSERVED. 



1. Corvus corax tingitanus Irby. 



Ravens were only seen twice over the harbour of Oran, near the slaughtering- 

 place of Saida, and north of Sa'ida. (We never saw a sign of Ravens near Aiii 



Sefra.) 



2. Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax (L.). 



The Chough was seen in quantities on the high rocks near the waterfall near 

 Tlemcen. 



3. Garrulus glandarius whitakeri Hart. 



1%. pal. Fauna i. p. 33 (1903— Tanger, North Marocco). 



3cJ 5 ? ad. Oak-woods south of Tlemcen, 20.,-.i2. iv. 1913. Iris light blue- 

 grey ; bill horn-black ; feet brownish flesh-colour. 



The wings of these eight specimens measure about I7U-178 mm., but all are 

 somewhat worn at the tips, and the tails 148-157 mm. On the other hand ten 

 specimens from Tanger have the wings 175-185 and the tails 151-165 mm. It 

 would thus seem, that our West-Algerian examples are smaller than the North- 

 Maroccan ones, but we are of opinion that our series are at present not large enough 

 to prove that these differences are constant, and we therefore refrain from giving a 

 new name to the West-Algerian form, until larger series from Tanger and West 

 Algeria can be compared. 



G. glandarius whUakeri differs from the East-Algerian and Tunisian Jay as 

 follows : Tlie feathers of the crown are not pure black, but edged and parHy washed 

 with greyish white and pale bluish grey, as well as faintly and very narrowly barred 

 with pale blue. The ear-coverts are vinous rufous throughout or widely so at their 

 tips, while they are pure white in C. glandarius eercicalis ; the back is generally a 

 bit more grey. The breast is a little more greyish and the flanks only faintly tinged 

 with rufous, instead of showing a bright rufous patch. 



We only met with the Jay in West Algeria in the large oak-woods south of 

 Tlemcen, in the direction of Sebdou. Their familiar harsh note and behaviour was 

 (juite the same as that of European and East-Algerian Jays. We did not see Jays 

 in the forests east of Saida, but we have little doubt that in suitable places they 

 will be found to occur. We saw no Jays in the woods near Oran. 



A nest was found near Tlemcen on April 22. It was evidently quite finished, 

 but contained no eggs. 



4. Pica pica mauritanica Malh. 

 A Miigpie was seen a few miles east of Lalla-Marnia. Magpies were evidently 

 not rare in'^ihe Saida Hills, N.E. of Saida. AVe saw a pair, but they were too shy 

 for us. A number of old nests were found ; in one of them were eggs of a Kestrel, 

 in another those of Otiis .syy)/j.<. 



• 1. Sturnus unicolor Temm. 

 On Ajiril 13 seen near Ain-el Turk, near Oran. 



