( 483) 



The Arabs in Algeria call the bird " Zaoiich aliiail," meaning the " White 

 Sparrow." 



23. Emberiza calandra I/. 



The Corn Bnnting is a very common liinl all over Algeria, from the coast 

 to the southern slopes of the Atlas. Even a few miles sooth of Biskra, as far 

 as corn is planted, it is common enongh, but farther south it has not been 

 noticed. Farther westwards we saw it as far sonth as Laghonat. 



Dr. Parrot has recently sej)arated the Corsican form (/?. calandra ohsctira, 

 Orn. Momitsber. 191U, p. 153). We have no specimens from Corsica, but cannot 

 see any differences in a series from Sardinia, nor iire we able to separate the 

 Algerian and Moroccan birds. In the latter country the species is common near 

 Mazagan, and Mr. Riggenbach sent a specimen from Imintanont, where it was 

 breeding, in the Atlas. A clutch of five fresh eggs was found on May 19. 



24. Emberiza cia africaua Le Roi. 



We met with this species above Lambese, at the edge of an oak-forest, on 

 May 5, and at an altitude of 1800 m., on a bare plateau with hardly a bush, 

 on the Djebel Mahinel, on May 12. In both places the birds were undoubtedly 

 nesting, being found in pairs and in full song, with the testes enlarged. We 

 found the iris light rufous brown, feet very light brown, almost whitish, the upper 

 mandible dark bluish horn-colour, the lower pale bluish horn-colour. 



Mr. Riggenbach has sent ns skins from Fenzou, Tizi Oicus, and Taraarouth, 

 in the Atlas of S.W. Morocco. 



We have also a si)ecimen collected by Mr. Elwes near Lambese, in 1882. 

 Professor Koenig does not mention having seen it in Algeria. 



In I'.Ul we shot a male at a considerable height on Djebel Taya, on 

 February 14, 1911, and saw others among the juniper bushes near El Kantara. 



Dr. le Roi (Orn. Monatxfii'r. 1911, p. 79) separated the North African form 

 under the name E. cia africana. This subspecies is easily recognisable, the grey of 

 the throat not reaching so far on to the chest, the abdomen being as a rule very 

 slightly paler, and the bill slenderer and longer. The chin is, however, not more 

 whitish in freshly moulted specimens. 



25. Emberiza cirlus L. 



We have several times seen and heard the Cirl Bunting near Batna, and 

 at El Kantara in March. A single s{)ecimen was shot at El Kantara, on 

 March 7. It breeds in Morocco near Mazagan, Mogador, and Seksawa, in 

 the S.W. Atlas. 



We found the species breeding near Hammani R'hira and took a nest 

 with five eggs on May 20, 1911. The latter are typical, being just like 

 European eggs. 



2(). Emberiza hortulana L. 



One of us thinks he saw a male near El Kantara, and a fine male was shot 

 in the Dayat of Tilrhempt, between Laghonat and (Jhardaia, on April 14, 1911. 



27. Emberiza schoeniclus sehoeniclus L. 

 A female was shot on Ihe Oued Biskra, near Biskra, February 20, 1011. 



