2-J2 NoVITAIES ZoOLOGlCAE XXl. 1911. 



86. Tyto alba alba (Scop.). 



Of. Haitert, i'vi/. pal. Fauna ii. pp. 1(131-1030. 



We met Barn-Owls close to Alger, in the wood at the foot of Djebel Khar, near 

 Oran, and at Ain .Sefra. While a male from Djebel Khar is underneath perfectlj' 

 wliite, with a few tiny blackish dots, a female from Ain Sefra has mnch larger 

 blackish spots below and above. Tarsns c? o.i, ? (52 ; wing S 275, ? 283 mm. 



When in search of nests of Rluimphocnri/s clot-bet/ at the foot of Djebel Aissa, 

 near Ain Sefra, we saw at the bottom of an abandoned shaft (where some ore or blue 

 clay hail been dng ont) a handful of white eggs. Descending by a rope, Hilgert 

 recogniseil the eggs as those of a Barn-Owl. The mother always ran oft' the nesi and 

 hid in a small dark lateral chamber. The clutch consisted of seven eggs, which 

 measure 38-2 x 20-7, 38-4 x 30, 37-5 x 2'.)-6, 39 x 29-5, 40-4 x 29, 38-5 x 29-.") and 

 37'8 X 29"7 mm. 



87. Gyps fulvas fulvus (Hablizl). 



Seen once near Ain Sefra. 



88. Neophron percnopterus percnopterus (L.) 



Observed once near Tlemcen, twice near Ain Sefra, and several times close to 

 Saida. 



89. Aquila chrysaetos occidentalis (Olphe-Galliard). 



Aquila occiileiilalix, '• Brehm in litteris " Olphe-Galliard, Faune orn. Eur. arc. ii. fasc. xviii. p. ii 

 (1889 — Spain) ; see the forthcoming part of Hartert's Vog. d. pal. Fauna ii. p. 1091. 



A pair of Golden Eagles sailed along the lofty cliffs near the waterfalls of 

 El-Ourit, si.x kilometres from Tlemceu. On May 25, when motoring from Tlemcen 

 to the forests of Tiifrit, we saw not less than five Golden Eagles, the nesting-places 

 of which mast be off the road. 



90. Hieraaetus pennatus (Gm.). 

 Distinctly recognised once on May 25, not far from Saida. 



91. Buteo ferox cirtensis (Lev.). 

 Distinctly seen two or three times near Aiu Sefra. 



92. Milvus migrans migrans (Bodd.), 



Fiilpo migrans Boddaert, Tahl. PI. Enl. D'Aubenldn, p. 28 (1783 — e.x Daubenton, Buffon, Brisson, 

 and Latham — Europe. Terra typiea restricta ; France). 



(The name " korscltun " has been adopted by Sharpe for the Black Kite, and 

 his example has been followed by nearly all modern ornithologists, such as Menz- 

 bier, Reichenow, Oustalet, Shelley, Erlanger, ourselves and many others, also in the 

 Iland-U.-it of B.B. The reason for this is evidently that Gmeliu compared his 

 " Accipiter korsi'hun " with Milcns niihus, to which he says it is similar in habits 

 and size, so that perhaps it might only be a variety of the latter ! Moreover, 

 " korscltun " is the Russian name for the Kites. Nevertheless the name 

 " korsclatn " cannot be adopted, because there are in the description and figure 

 several points which are absolutely contradictory to anything in a Kite ; in fact 



