80 Rev. H. B. Tristram on the 



139. Machetes pugnax. (RufF.) 



I shot a solitary Reeve at Tuggurt in December, the only one 

 I ever saw south of the Atlas. It is a common winter visitant 

 in the Tell. 



140. Tringa alpina. (Dunlin.) 



Common in winter on the shores of the salt-lakes. 



141. Tringa temminckii. (Temminck^s Stint.) 

 Extremely common in winter. I never saw Tringa minuta, 



which has been found by Capt. Loche. 



142. Gambetta calidrts. (Redshanks.) 

 Not unfrequent. 



143. Totanus ochropus. (Green Sandpiper.) 

 Universally distributed throughout the winter, and by far the 



most common of the class. Not a ditch or a pond in a palm 

 garden without its paii*, but never more than two together. We 

 found it at Zana to the end of June. 



144. Totanus glareola. (Wood Sandpiper.) 



Far less frequent than the last, but by no means rare. In 

 similar localities, but also occasionally in open marshes. 



145. Tringoides hypoleucus. (Common Sandpiper.) 

 Not unfrequent about Tuggurt, Ngoussa, and Waregla. 



146. NuMENius TENUiROSTRis. (Slender-billed Curlew.) 



I saw one shot by a French officer at Oumache, near Biskra. 



147. Rallus aquaticus. (Water Rail.) 



One procured in November in a pond at El Aghouat. 



148. Gallinula bailloni. (Baillon's Crake.) 

 In the reeds at Tamerua, Wed R'hir. 



149. PoRPHYRio hyacinthinus. (Great Purple Gallinule.) 

 At Tuggurt, but scarce. Far more abundant in the northern 



lakes. In corroboration of its carnivorous character, I may 

 mention that I saw one in the yard of General Yussuf seize a 

 young duckling in its huge foot and crush its head with its bill, 

 after which it ate the brains and left the rest of the carcase 

 untouched. 



