134 Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain on the 



Eatna the liills were worked east to Lambese and Timgad, 

 and from Biskra an excursion was made to Sidi Okba and 

 Bordj Saada; while on the return journeys short visits Avere 

 paid to Hammam Meskoutine, Bone and Lac Fetzara. 

 Nearly 800 eggs were collected during the two expeditions, 

 Messrs. F. R. Ratcliff and E. Mackenzie Murray also 

 stayed for six weeks in north-east Algeria in the spring of 

 1913 and camped for some time at Ain Mokra, and 

 Mr. Ratcliff has kindly contributed notes on the birds and 

 eggs obtained there. Mr. H. M. Wallis has visited Algeria 

 on four occasions : first, in February and March 1906, 

 when he travelled from Algiers to Biskra, and from El 

 Kantara for nine days in the southern Aures range to 

 Timgad, returning by Lambese, H. Meskoutine, and Tunis. 

 In March and April 1910 he visited Lac Fetzara twice, 

 also H. Meskoutine and Biskra, and in 1911 again stayed 

 at Bone and H. Meskoutine. In March and April 1912 

 (together with Mr. C. E. Pearson) he revisited Bone, H. 

 Meskoutine, Constantine, Kroubs, El Kantara, and Biskra. 



In the following notes, the portions for which the writer 

 is responsible are marked (J) : those contributed by 

 Mr. Ratcliff (R), and those taken from Mr. Wallis^s notes 

 (W). 



In order to facilitate comparison, the order and nomen- 

 clature of the list published by the Hon. W. Rothschild and 

 Dr. Hartert in ' Novitates Zoologicfe,' xviii. pp. 471-550, 

 have been as far as possible followed throughout. In those 

 cases where there is any doubt as to the subspecies observed, 

 binomials have been used. 



1. Corvus corax tingitanus Irby, Moorish Raven. 



Widely distributed over tlie whole of eastern Algeria, and 

 in some parts common, but less numerous near the north 

 coact. In the outskirts of Batna parties of five or six may 

 be seen together, even in the breeding season. It nests by 

 preference in cliffs, but occasionally also in high mud-banks, 

 and in the wooded districts breeds in trees. We found a 

 nest with five eggs at the top of an ilex, some 30 ft. from 

 the ground, in the hills above Lambese, on May 2. These 



