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reason why they should not sometimes forsake their arboreal 

 habits. Most of them were in pairs ; but I admit that is not 

 evidence, as many migratory birds are known to pair " en route." 

 They fly high, with a shrill whistling cry, which is sometimes 

 also emitted on the ground. 



130. ToTANUS GLAREOLA, Gm. Wood-Sandpipcr. 



In the same localities as the last ; but whether resident or 

 only on passage, I am unable to say. The legs in this species 

 are of a yellowish olive-colour. They remained in flocks up to 

 the time I left for the Mzab, consorting with the Green Sand- 

 pipers. Neither species is shy ; but the Wood Sandpiper is the 

 tamer of the two. 



131. ToTANUS HYPOLEUCus (Linn.). Common Sandpiper. 

 At Laghouat and in the Mzab. 



132. ScoLOPAX RUSTicoLA, Linn, Woodcock. 

 In the market at Algiers. 



133. Gallinago scolopacina, Bp. Snipe. 

 Common. 



134. Gallinago gallinula (Linn.). Jack Snipe. 

 In the market at Algiers I saw a Jack Snipe*. 



135. Crex PRATENsis (Bcchst.). Corncrake. 



I found one about the end of February in the market at 

 Algiers. 



136. PoRZANA MARUETTA, Leach. Spotted Crake. 



At Laghouat; not mentioned by Dr. Tristram or Mr. Salvin. 



137. PoRZANA PYGM^A (Naum.). Baillon's Crake. 



I shot one at Laghouat. My father remarked that it differed 

 from European specimens in having the thi'oat nearly white. 



138. Anas clypeata, Linn. Shoveller. 

 In the market at Algiers. 



139. Anas crecca, Linn. Teal. 

 At Bougzoul. 



* Dr. Tristram mentions the Stilt (Himantopns candidus, Bonn.) as 

 breeding at Laghouat (Ibis, 18G0, p. 79) ; but the Zouaves there, who had a 

 tame one, considered it a great rarity, never having seen such a bird before. 

 Probably since Dr. Tristram's time Stilts have forsaken that place. 



