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



33. Alauda arvensis harterti Whit. North - African 

 Skylark. 



Common in the cornfields near Batna and Lambese, and 

 south to MacMahon, where one was singing on April 20. 

 Fresh clutches of three or four eggs taken from April 19 to 

 28 (J). Found breeding near Ain Mokra early in May (R). 

 Skylarks (subsp. ?) noted at Biskra on Feb. 7 , also at H. 

 Meskoutine, and flocks near Bone on Aprils (W). 



34. Anthus trivialis trivialis (L.). Tree Pipit. 



One at Algiers^ perched on a tree, early in February 1906 



(W). 



35. Anthus pratensis (L.). Meadow Pipit. 

 Noted at Biskra, February 6^ 1906 (W). 



36. Anthus campestris (L.). Tawny Pipit. 



Not uncommon on the bare hillsides from Batna to 

 Lambese and also near Ain Yagout. A nest with five eggs 

 taken on April 24 (J). Several pairs seen on the high 

 plateau (K). 



37. Motacilla flava cinereocapilla Savi. Ashy-headed 

 Wagtail. 



One of the problems we were particularly anxious to 

 solve, was which race of Yellow Wagtail bred in north 

 Algeria. The older writers, such as Tristram and Salvin, 

 merely recorded " Budytes flava " as breeding at Zana and 

 Ain Djendeli, and eggs from these localities are still 

 catalogued under this head at the British Museum. Large 

 numbers of some race of M. flava were migrating through 

 Bordj Saada on April 26, but no specimens were obtained. 

 They were evidently on their breeding ground in the water- 

 meadows near El Guerrah on April 30 (J). Later they 

 were found quite common and breeding near the shore of 

 Lac Fetzara in May. A male shot at the nest had all the 

 characteristics of the Ashy-headed form — white throat, dark 

 crown, and indistinct eye-stripe, and a clutch of six eggs 

 was taken on May 7 (R). 



