136 Eev. F. C. R. Jourdain on the 



bulky, and the remains of nests of previous years may be 

 seen in various stages of decay. The incubating bird sits 

 very close, and is sometimes caught on the nest by the Arab 

 herdboys, who destroy most of the eggs. Fresh and slightly 

 incubated clutches of five or six eggs were taken between 

 April 26 and May 2 (J). An old nest noticed in low ilex, 

 high up on south slope of Aures range (W). Nest with 

 fledged young a day^s march east of Khenchela on May 24 

 (R). 



6. Sturnus vulgaris vulgaris L. Starling. 



Seen in the market at Algiers, beginning of February : 

 also seen in flocks at El Kantara and Hammam Meskoutine 

 in February (W). 



7. Oriolus oriolus oriolus (L.). Golden Oriole. 



Males were noted on migration at Bordj Saada (April 25) 

 and near Batna (May 3). M. Dufourg, jun,, assured me 

 that a pair once nested within the precincts of the Ferme 

 Dufourg (J). First heard at Hammam Meskoutine about 

 March 1 : a flock of four males in a garden near Biskra on 

 April 12, 1912 (W). Two or three seen at Ain Mokra on 

 May 3 (R). 



8. Coccothraustes coccothraustes buvryi Cab. North- 

 African Hawfinch. 



Flocks noticed in the fruit-trees at Lambeseon May 3 (J). 

 Met with abundantly near Hammam Meskoutine in March 

 and April 1911 (W). 



9. Loxia curvirostra poliogyna Whit. North-African 

 Crossbill. 



Small parties met with among the Aleppo pines between 

 Batna and Lambese on April 27 (J). 



10. Chloris chloris aurantiiventris (Cab.). Spanish Green- 

 finch. 



Common in the gardens at Batna and Lambese (J). 

 Common near Kroubs ; abundant and breeding at H. 

 Meskoutine : eggs from April 19 (W). Breeds near Lac 

 Fetzara : eggs taken in May (R). 



