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B. Coccothraustes coccothraustes buvryi Cab. 

 Distinctly heard and seen in the olive plantations near Tleracen. 



". Chloris chloris aurantiiventris (Cab.). 



Common in snitable localities in West Algeria. We have seen Greenfinche.s 

 near Oran, and they were very common among the olive plantations of Tlemcen. 

 A few pairs nested in the plantations of Ai'n Sefra, at the foot of the dune and along 

 the river. We obtained a tine adult male there of unusual size, with a wing of 

 fully 91 mm, while the wings of nine males from Tlemceu measure only 86 to 88, 

 once 89 mm., and those from Eastern Algeria have the same dimensions. Maroccan 

 specimens have the wings 86 to 89, but once 9;^ mm. (cJ Mogador, 20. iii. I9U4, F. W. 

 Riggenbach coll.). 



A number of incomplete clutches were found in poplar trees on May 2, 11, 

 and 15. 



8. Carduelis carduelis africana (Hart.\ 



We saw the Algerian Goldfinch near Oran, and especially in the woods and 

 gardens at the foot of the Djeliel Khar, also in the forest of Msila. It was very 

 common in tlie gardens and olive jdantations all around Tlemcen, and was observed 

 at Saida and Perregaux. A few pairs also nested in the plantation of Ai'n Sefra. 

 A nest containing two eggs was taken there on May 15. 



The length of the wings of C c. africanxs is very variable. 



9. Carduelis cannabina mediterranea (Tschusi). 



"We only came across the Linnet near Cap Falcon (west of Oran) and at 

 Tlemcen, though it was also observed in the forest of Msila. On April 13 it had 

 already nearly full-grown young in a nest near Cap Falcon. 



[When describing the European forms of the Linnet in my book Die Vogel c/er 

 palaarktischen Fauna i. pp. 73-75, and when, later on, writing about the Algerian 

 birds, together with Mr. Rothschild, I united the birds from Madeira, the Canary 

 Islands, and North-west Africa, separating from this assembly the birds from the 

 countries north of the Mediterranean, as mediterranea Tschusi. Unfortunately the 

 material then to hand — thongh it appeared to be large at the time — was quite 

 insufficient, and my view of 1903 must be considerably altered. 



From the examination of the material at present in the Tring Museum I 

 come to the following conclusions : 



1. Cardueli.s cannahinu cannabina (L.). — Euroi)e north of the Pyrenees and 

 Alps to about 64" in Scandinavia and 60^ in Russia. Wing 78-82, exceptionally 

 85 mm. — In winter south to Algeria, Marocco, and Egypt. 



2. Carduelis cannabina mediterranea (Tschusi). — Mediterranean countries : 

 Greece, Dalmatia (terra typica I), South Italy, Spain, Tunisia, Algeria, Marocco. 

 Slightly paler and smaller. Wing 75-5-78, exceptionally 79 and 80 mm. The 

 red of the breast is brighter than in North and Central European specimens. A 

 series of breeding birds from Cyprus should be examined. Of our three males from 

 Cyprus, one has a wing of 82 mm., while its colour is very bright. 



3. Carduelis cannabina harterti (Bannerman). — Acanthis cannabina harterti 

 Bannerman, Bull. B. O. Club xxxiii. p. 39, October 1913 : Lanzarole (terra typica), 

 Fuertaventnra, Graciosa, and Allegranza.— Still smaller than C. c. mediterranea, 



