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64. Sylvia conspicillata conspicillata Temm. Spectacled 

 Warbler. 



Seen at El Kantara and El Outaia in April. A nest with 

 five young, which must have belonged to this species, brought 

 in by an Arab at Bordj Saada on April 26 (J). 



65. Sylvia deserticola Tristr, Tristram's Desert Warbler. 

 Not uncommon on the hillsides above Batna and Lam- 



bese : a pair had an almost finished nest on April 28 (J). 

 Noted at El Kantara, Feb. 11, 1906 (W). Common on the 

 hillsides a day's march east of Kheuchela, and evidently 

 breeding on May 24 (R). 



66. Agrobates galactodes galactodes (Temm.). Rufous 

 Warbler. 



In fair numbers at Biskra and El Outaia in April : 

 frequently snared by Arab boys (J). Seen at Fontaines 

 Chaudes, Biskra, April 11, 1911; also at Lac Fetzara, 

 April 11, 1912 (W). 



67. Scotocerca inquieta saharse (Loche). Wren Warbler. 

 Met with locally in the plain of El Outaia, and more 



commonly between Biskra and Bordj Saada (J). 



68. Cisticola cisticola arquata (Miill.). Fantail Warbler. 

 Breeds in the cornfields in the plain of El Outaia : nest 



with young on April 16. Also common in corn near 

 Bordj Saada (J). Unfinished nest at Biskra in reeds on 

 April 12, 1912 ; nest and young near Bone, April 12, 

 1910 (W). Very common near Ain Mokra: about a dozen 

 nests between May 7 and 14, with clutches varying from 

 three to seven in number (Rj. 



69. Crateropus fulvus fulvus (Desf.). Algerian Bush- 

 Babbler. 



Met with in small numbers near Fontaine de Gazelles. 

 More common near Bordj Saada : a nest with five fresh 

 eggs on April 27 in zizyphus bush (J). 



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