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below not. larger than a Blackbird's nest ; it was bnilt ontside with dry twigs and 

 lined with very fine grasses, bnt without any roots whatever. The fonr eggs are 

 typical Jay's eggs. They are rather pale greenish with distinct spotting. The 

 eggs of G. g. cervicalis I have been able to compare are distinctly larger, but 

 probably nuusually small ones could be found to match those of G. g. minor. The 

 eggs of G. g. glundarias are also larger than those of minor, but exceptionally small 

 ones occur which are equally small. The four eggs, which are the full clutch, 

 being slightly incubated, measure: 30-9 x 22-3, 30-4 x 21-5, 29'8 x 21-8, and 

 301 X 22-2 mm. 



3. Pica pica mauritanica Malh. 



The African Magpie is not rare in the forests north, west, and north-west 

 of Djelfa. A number of old nests were found, and one containing young. 



4. Sturnus unicolor Temm. 



On May 5 we saw " Sardinian starlings " feeding j'oung in the terebinth trees 

 of Tilrhcmpt, between Ghardaia and Laghouat. 



5. Oriolus oriolus oriolus (L.), 



While I was somewhat doubtful as to the nesting of the Oriole in Alo-eria, 

 I have now sufficient jiroof of its breeding (if allowed to by men !) at Ain- 

 Oassera, in higii tamarisks, in the mountain woods of the Djebel Taya, and 

 doubtless elsewhere. 



0. Loxia curvirostra poliogyna Whit. 



Crossbills are common in the pine-woods of the Djebel Senalba, near Djelfa, 

 but they were in snch badly worn plumage when we were there (May 9) that we 

 did not make a large collection of them. The specimens we shot are rather pale, 

 no male was seen with much red, but Mr. Saby told me that bright red ones 

 were common in autumn. The Djelfa specimens agree well with Tunisian 

 poliogijna, while those from near Alger town are darker ; as the latter were 

 obtained much earlier in the year than any we have seen from Tunisia, Batna, 

 or Djelfa, the darker coloration may be due to the season when they were shot. 



7. Erythrospiza githaginea zedlitzi Neum. 



Not rare near Hassi-Rebib in the Oued-Nfa, where they used to come to the 

 wet places near the cistern, where animals had been watered or water spilt. Two 

 fresh eggs were found on April 25. 



8. Petronia petronia barbara Erl. 



On May 9 a nest containing seven quite fresh eggs was found on an empty 

 building on the M'zabite cemetery, close to Djelfa, deep inside a hole. 



9. Passer hispaniolensis hispaniolensis (Temm.). 



At least during the first week of our stay at Hassi-Kebib, and perhaps all the 

 time, a flock of over thirty red-headed and female Sparrows flew about in the 



