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for the North, camping that evening near Sidi-Aiclij and 

 reaching Feriana the following day. At Feriana I found all 

 the spring migrants in full force, and added a few speci- 

 mens to my collection, after which w£ started for Kasrin. 



Soon after our departure, and almost in the identical spot 

 where I met with the species last year, I spied a pair of Great 

 Bustards {Oiis tarda) ; but although I attempted a careful 

 stalk, I could not get within shot of the birds. Reaching 

 Kasrin rather late in the evening, we were not sorry to find 

 my second party already arrived and busy preparing for us. 

 After dinner I arranged that my friends should leave early 

 the following morning for the Djebel Selloura, in search of 

 Barbary Wild Sheep, which they accordingly did, while I 

 remained a day at Kasrin, wishing to secure specimens of 

 Corvus tingitanus and Slurnus miicolor, both of which species 

 seemed fairly plentiful about here. The ravines and rocky 

 clefts in this neighbourhood were full of birds, mostly Kock- 

 Doves [Columba livia) and Kestrels, both Fulco tinnuncvlus 

 and F. cenchris, no doubt breeding. 



On the 15th April I joined my friends at Djebel Selloum, 

 and remained there till the 18th, when I left for Djebel 

 Semmama, on the return road to Tebessa, my friends having 

 been obliged to leave a day earlier, as they wished to reach 

 Tunis before the 20th April. 



At Djebel Semmama I spent three days, and, notwithstand- 

 ing very adverse weather, added several specimens to my 

 collection, mostly of spring migrants. These abounded in the 

 tamarisk and oleander bushes bordering the Oued Hattoub, 

 which flows to the west of the mountain. 



On the 22nd April we moved our camp to Khangat- 

 Sloughi, halfway between Djebel Semmama and Tebessa, 

 An important Roman town, or settlement must once have 

 existed here, to judge from the ruins covering the ground in 

 every direction, although I do not find it marked in any of 

 my maps. 



On the 24th we resumed our return journey, and passing 

 the Algerio-Tunisian frontier at El Oubira, arrived at Tebessa 

 in good time. The weather was now lovely, and the country 



