8 JOTTINGS ABOUT BIRDS. 



and they seek the more northern oases, the forests 

 of the Atlas, and the fertile lands between that 

 range and the coast. The Tawny Pipits and the 

 Calandra Larks' betake themselves to the cultivated 

 fertile northern plains and plateaux ; many of the 

 Chats seek the hillsides and bare rocky defiles. 

 Then appear the various migrants that are journey- 

 ing up from more southern regions of Africa — far 

 south beyond the Great Desert, from the Soudan, 

 from Central Africa and the Cape — the Spotted 

 Flycatcher, the Woodchat Shrike, the Sedge 

 Warbler, the Reed Warbler, the Wood Wren, 

 the Whitethroat, Swallows of various species, the 

 Cuckoo, the Wryneck, Turtle Doves, and many 

 others — all on their way north to cross the 

 Mediterranean, although a few^ individuals of some 

 species stay their flight and remain in the fertile 

 Tell for the summer. The mountain forests soon 

 fill with Rollers, Doves, and other woodland 

 species ; the rocky passes and gorges are enlivened 

 once more with the Rock Martin and the White- 

 bellied Swift. The White Stork also appears upon 

 the scene, and visits once more its old nests on 

 the cliffs and the mosque towers ; and such birds 

 as Coursers and Sand Grouse leave in varying 

 numbers the more remote fastnesses of the Desert 



