in the Eastern Atlas. 313 



74. Pyrrhocorax graculus. (Chough.) 



About the hills that surround the plain that holds the marsh 

 of Zaua^ 1 not unfrequently used to observe the Chough. While 

 we were staying there, a Frenchman shot one, which proved to be 

 this species, and not P. alpinus. 



75. Sturnus unicolor. (Sardinian Starling.) 



I have no note respecting the Common Starling ; but as it is 

 said to occur commonly at Tunis during the winter, I, doubtless, 

 omitted to remark it. The present bird I saw at Kef in the 

 Regency of Tunis, subsequently at Djebel Dekma, and lastly at 

 Zana. 



76. Coccothraustes vulgaris. (Hawfinch.) 



On one occasion, about the middle of May, I saw a pair of 

 Hawfinches among the Tamarisk-trees that grow near the spring 

 of A in Djendeli. 



77. Fringilla spodiogena. (Algerian Chaffinch.) 



This bird is common about Tunis ; but we lost sight of it on 

 moving westward. 



78. Serinus meridionalis. (Serine Finch.) 



Common about the olive-groves near Sousa and other parts of 

 Tunis, but decidedly rare in the mountainous and more elevated 

 parts. 



79. Carduelis elegans. (Goldfinch.) 



Common everywhere. At Djendeli this bird builds a neat nest, 

 composed almost entirely of the flower of the Tamarisk. 



80. Chloris aurantiiventris*. (North-African Greenfinch.) 

 Though this bird is represented as common in many parts of 



the country, I saw but little of it. I shot one near Souk Harras; 

 and afterwards we obtained a few nests near Djendeli. The 

 bird appears to be justly entitled to a specific appellation, as 

 being distinct from the common Greenfinch {Fringilla chloris.) 



81. LiNARiA cannabina. (Linnet.) 



I met with large flocks of this bird near Carthage, in February. 



* Ligurinus aurantiiventris. Cab. Mus. Hein. p. 158 ? ; Chlorospiza 

 c/iloris, ex Algeria, auct. — (Ed.) 



