194 NOVITATKS ZoflLOGICAK XXI. 1911. 



rnfescent, with browner centres to the feathevs. The win? of onr little series of 

 eight measures, c? I()0-l09-o, ? 100 and 103 mm. Early in April the)' liad young 

 in a nest, but no eggs were found. 



2S. Lullula arborea harterti Hilgert. 



Cf. Nov. Zniil, xviii. p. 4',IG. 



We have seen the Algerian Woodlarlc botli near Tleracen (:-'0. \y. 1013) and 

 Saida(22. v. 1913). 



29. Motacilla flava thunbergi Billb. 



MiitiiiiUa Thimhrnji, Billberg, N^«. Fivinai Sriiiidinar. i. i.'. p. 50 (1828— " Hab. in Liipponia ad 

 Enontekis et Enara rarissima "). 



Yellow Wagtails were seen several times from May s to 12, in the river bed 

 close to Ain Set'ra. A fine adnlt male shot on the 12th belongs to the Scandinavian 

 T&ce, M./. t/iu/il)Cn// {= boiralis auct.), and prolialily the others seen were of the 

 same subspecies. 



30. Motacilla alba alba L. 



Oa Aj)rii 13 three specimens were observed near Oran. 



31. Certhia brachydactyla mauritauica A\'itli. 

 On April 22 not rare in the oak-woods south of Tlemceu. 



32. Parus major excelsus Buvry. 



Observed in the oak-woods on the Djebel Mourdjadjo near Oran, iu the oak- 

 woods south of Tleracen, and in the gardens of Tlemcen. 



33. Parus caeruleus ultramarinus Bp. 



The Blue Tit was not rare in the oak-woods of the western parts of Djebel 

 Mourdjadjo and in the olive plantations around Tlemcen. We also saw it in the 

 thickets of trees iu the river bed near Ain >Sefra, and a pair were seen near the 

 top of Djebel Mekter, at a height of 2000 m. 



:i4. Telophoi'us * senegalus cucuUatus (Temm.). 

 Once dislincljy seen near Oaji Falcon (west of (!)ran). 



35. Lanius excubitor dodsoni Whit. 



Laiiiiis c.ri-uhiloi- doihiini Whitaker, Ihis 1898, p. .OO'J (" Central and Soutliern Mavooco "). 



As in former years, we looked out iu vain for the dark Lanius excubitor 

 algeriensis, but Judge Lepitre in Tlemcen told us that we should find Grey 

 Shrikes common near Lalla Manila, and this was indeed the fixct. AVe collecteil 

 seven specimens on April 27, and two days later, about 28 km. N.E. of Tlemcen, 

 near the road to Ain Temouchent, another two were shot. 



When the first specimen was in our hands we remarked, that it was neither 



• There is much nncertaintv about the generic name of these birds. It will perhaps be best to call 

 them Harjwle»tf:i. Cf. Hartert, Viig, jml. Fauna i. p. xx.wii. 



