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41. GaRRULUS GLANDARIUS X CERVICALIS^. 



Three were obtained near Tangier in February 1883 by 

 Olcese, one of which I purchased from him. They were 

 shot in the '^ montaiias " to the east of the town, and are, I 

 believe, the first Jays recorded from Morocco. 



42. CORVUS MONEDULA, 



Several from near Tetuan, where Mr. Tyrwhitt-Drake met 

 with the species in flocks, are in Olcese's collection. They 

 were procured in February 1883. 



43. CoRVUS TINGITANUS, 



Very common. Usually seen in pairs, but a flock of 

 twenty-one passed over us one day. Note, gok, quok, or ok, 

 repeated two or three times, according to individual faucy. 



44. Alauda arvensis. 

 Tolerably common. 



45. Alauda cristata. 

 Very abundant. 



46. Calandrella brachydactyla. 

 Common, in flocks. 



47. LULLULA ARBOREA. 



Olcese obtained two, male and female, on the " Marshan " 

 in June 1884. These must have been nesting in the countiy, 

 I imagine. 



* [Capt. Reid has sent us one of these specimens with a request that 

 we should determine it for him. It seems to belong to a form intermediate 

 between G. cervicalis and G. ylandarius, having the striated head of the 

 latter and the white eye-region of the former. Mr. Dresser, who has also 

 examined the specimen, writes as follows concerning it : — 



"I have compared the Jay with my series, and find it certainly very fairly 

 distinguishable from our European Garrulus gUmdarius. It has the crown 

 blacker, the back much greyer, the sides of the head much whiter, and in 

 some respects it reminds one of Gairtdus cervicalis, but is as different from 

 that species as it is from G. ylandarius, not having the crown nearly so 

 black, and the rufous on the nape in this bird is of a vinous tinge, whereas 

 in G. cervicalis it is of a rusty red. I do hot think that it is G. minor of 

 Verreaux, because Verreaux wrote me that his bird was merely a small 

 form of G. f/landarius, and I have several specimens of this latter species 

 no larger than the Tangier bird." — Epp.] 



