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flushed the Barbary Partridge, which was uttering its peculiar 

 note in all directions. When our route lay through the forest 

 it was made melodious by the songs of birds. Now Le- 

 vaillant^s Woodpecker would startle us with its strange laugh- 

 ing cry, or the soft poo, poo, poo of the Hoopoe would cheer 

 us. On all sides the Titmice were busy amongst the trees, 

 commonest of them all being the Coal Tit {Parus ledoucii) ; 

 and ^loussier's Bush-Chat, Woodlarks, Buntings, and the Al- 

 gerian Chaffinch were all full of morning song. Sometimes 

 we caught a hurried glimpse of wary Jays, or, far overhead. 

 Kites and Vultures were floating dreamily in the air. As we 

 passed near the rocks, Ravens and Choughs flew round and 

 above us ; and more rarely we would hear the soft cooing of 

 the Turtle Doves amongst the trees. We gradually left the 

 cedars behind us ; and evergreen oaks and junipers took 

 their place as we drew near Batna again, where we arrived a 

 little before dusk. From Batna we also made a two days^ 

 visit to Lambessa, spending our time amongst the wooded 

 heights above the town. After Lambessa our collecting may 

 be said to have ceased. We arrived in Batna again on Sun- 

 day the 14th May, and, travelling all night by diligence, 

 reached Constantino the first thing on Monday morning. We 

 spent a few hours at Constantine, thence came on by train to 

 Philippeville, where we also passed the best part of a day in 

 rambling round the country to the south-east. Here, in the 

 cork-woods, we found the English Chaffinch, and also noticed 

 a very interesting migration of the Eleonora Falcon. Embark- 

 ing on the night of the 16th, we reached Marseilles on the 

 morning of the 18th, and were back in London by the 20th. 



VULTUR FULVUS. 



We first observed the Griff'on Vulture in the neighbourhood 

 of Constantine ; and after that it was occasionally seen in 

 all parts of the country we visited, although nowhere common. 

 I counted ten of these birds in the air together on one solitary 

 occasion near Batna, 



VULTUK PKllCXOPTEKUS. 



We only observed the Egyptian Vulture at Constantino, 



