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77. Monticola solitarius solitarius (L.). Blue Rock- 

 Thrush. 



Scattered pairs in suitable localities. Noted at Bizot, 

 also in the Taya gorge and on Djebel Mellah near El 

 Outaia (J). Not uncommon : seen on an Arab mosque 

 at El Kantara and at other villages : also at Constantiue 

 and on cliffs near Hammam Meskoutine (W). 



78. Monticola saxatilis (L.). liock-Thrush. 



A male seen near Taya, April 8, 1911: also another in 

 the theatre at Timgad, probably breeding (W). 



79. (Enanthe oenanthe (L.). Wheatear. 



A male at Biskra on March 27, 1910 : also seen at 

 H. Meskoutine, April 5, 1911, and at Bone, April 25, 

 1912 (W). 



80. (Enanthe deserti homochroa Tristr. Saharau Desert 

 AVheatear. 



Met with between Biskra and Bordj Saada, hut not north 

 of the Col de Sfa (J). A pair west of Biskra, April 1910 

 (W). 



81. (Enanthe hispanica hispanica (L.), Western Russet 

 Wheatear. 



Not common, but widely distributed : noted near Ain 

 Djendeli, Lambese, El Kantara and El Outaia. A nest 

 with newly-hatched young at El Outaia on April 19 ; 

 another with four fresh eggs in a hole in the side of a 

 gully near Lambese on April 28. The male at this nest 

 had a white throat (J). A male at Fontaines Chaudes on 

 March 28, 1910, and a pair at Taya in April 1911 : iu both 

 cases black-eared (W). Both forms noted at Tebessa (R). 



82. (Enanthe lugens halophila (Tristr.). Tristram's 

 Warbler. 



A good many pairs breed in the steep mud-banks of 

 the dry water-courses at the foot of the hills south of 

 El Kantara. As a rule the nests are placed in holes or 



