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56. Hypolais icterina (Vieill.). Icteriue Warbler. 

 Seen and heard at H. Meskoutine, April 1911 (W). 



57. Hypolais polyglotta (Vieill.). Melodious Warbler. 

 Nest with five eggs found suspended among trailing briars 



at Ain Mokra, May 13, 19 J 3 (R). 



58. Hypolais pallida reiseri Hilg. 



In song in the gardens at Biskra, April 24 (J). 



59. Sylvia hortensis hortensis (Gm.) [-S. orphea auct.]. 

 Orphean Warbler. 



Met with near Ain Mokra : clutches of four and five eggs 

 taken on May 13 and 15, 1913 (R). 



60. Sylvia atricapilla atricapilla (L.). Blackcap. 

 Noted at El Kancara in April : H. Meskoutine (nest 



with four pink eggs on April 19, 1912) and Bone (W). 

 Common near Ain Mokra : nest with yonng aud one egg, 

 May 5 : four eggs May 12 (R). 



61. Sylvia communis communis Lath. Whitethroat. 

 Singing in gardens at Lambese, where it probably breeds: 



nest with young at Ain Dahlia, Lac Fetzara, May I, 

 1913 (J). Common at Ain Mokra: young flying on 

 May 11 (R). Seen at Bone, April 24: also in song at 

 H. Meskoutine (W). 



62. Sylvia melanocephala melanocephala (Gm.). Sardinian 

 Warbler. 



Seen in the scrub above Lambese, but not common (J). 

 Common at Ain Mokra : clutch of three erythristic eggs 

 taken on May 11, and one of four on May 13 (R). Common 

 at Algiers and H. Meskoutine : eggs taken near Lac Fetzara 

 on April 12, 1910 (W). 



63. Sylvia cantillans Pall. Subalpine Warbler. 



A pair identified at El Kantara on April 15, 1913 (J). 



