50 JOTTINGS ABOUT BIRDS. 



213. The Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica 

 cooki, Bonaparte, appears to be a resident in Algeria, 

 but particulars of its distribution are unknown. I 

 saw nothing of this species. 



214. The Algerian Black-headed Jay, Garruius 

 cerviccdis, Bonaparte, is a resident principally con- 

 fined to the mountain forests. 



215. The Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus (Lin- 

 naeus), is a resident in Algeria, confined to the 

 mountains of the Atlas, and does not appear ever to 

 wander into the oases or south of that rugged range. 



216. The Starling Stunius vulgaris, Linnaeus, 

 is a common winter visitor to Algeria, where it is 

 widely dispersed far to the south of the Atlas. 

 Canon Tristram states that myriads of Starlings 

 visit the date forests and do vast damage amongst 

 the ripe fruit. The Arabs snare this bird in 

 thousands for food. 



217. The Black Starling Stunncs unicolor, 

 ^Marmora, is also a winter visitor to Algeria, but 

 whether it breeds in the country I am unable to say. 

 It is said to consort with the preceding. 



218. The Rose-coloured Pastor Pastor roseus 

 (Linnaeus), has occasionally wandered on migration 

 to Algeria. 



219. The Algerian Shore Lark Otocoris hilopha 



