576 Mr. C. Dixon on the 



Fringilla chloris. 



The Greenfinch is very common in the valley below Con- 

 stantine. 



Fringilla houtulanus. 



The Serin Finch is fairly common in the oases of El Kan- 

 tara and Biskra. 



LiNOTA LIXARIA. 



We found the Brown Linnet very common on the open 

 ground on the hills above Lambessa. 



Carduelis elegans. 



We met with the Goldfinch near El Guerrah ; at Oued 

 Taga^ at an elevation of 4000 feet, it was very common in 

 gardens, and also in the oases of El Kantara and Biskra. 



COCCOTHRAUSTES VULGARIS. 



We met with a few pairs of Hawfinches in the evergreen- 

 oak forests above Lambessa. 



Garrulus cervicalis. 



We once or twice saw the Algerian Black-headed Jay on 

 our way between Oued Taga and Lambessa, and also in the 

 cedar forests west of Batna. Jays are proverbially shy ; but 

 the present species seems even more able to take care of his 

 skin than the inhabitants of our own game-coverts at home. 

 All we got was a hurried glimpse of them as they flitted ofi" 

 through the trees far out of gunshot. 



CORVUS monedula. 



The Jackdaw is a common inhabitant of the rocks at Con- 

 stantine ; and I observed it more rarely in the cedar-range 

 west of Batna. 



CoRvus tingitaxus. 



After we left Constantine we met Avith Irby's Raven wher- 

 ever we went. In the most barren and arid districts it was 

 our roadside companion, either in pairs or small flocks. In 

 a low range of rocks west of Batna are a great many nests 

 that probably belong to this species. 



