152 Rev. V. C. R. Jourdain un the 



the remaining fifty-two blue, so that the proportion of Avhite 

 eggs is higher than is generally supposed to be the case. 

 Tlie nesting sites varied considerably : many nests were 

 found in juniper bushes at varying heights, from a few 

 inches to three feet six inches ; others were placed close 

 to or actually on the ground, but generally sheltered by 

 bushes. Among the more exceptional sites may be men- 

 tioned a hole in the side of a large block of stone, while 

 one nest was actually placed in a hollow among the old 

 matting which sheltered a row of beehives close to an Arab 

 house ! This nest Avas also noticeable in another way, for 

 it contained five white eggs, the only clutch of five met with. 

 The construction of all the nests was very similar, although 

 some were more bulky than others. The foundation con- 

 sists of large, coarse strips of juniper bark, or dead fibre, 

 with some moss, bits of wool and feathers, lined thickly 

 with thistledown, wool, bents, hares' fur, and feathers of 

 various birds. When flushed from the nest the sitting-bird 

 always proved to be the hen. The first clutch was taken on 

 April 19 and the last by May 2, by which date several nests 

 contained young (J) . Noted at Biskra and El Kantara in 

 February 1906 : found nesting at Timgad in April, and a 

 pair at liouknia, near H. Meskoutine, on April 18 (W). 



89. Luscinia megarhyncha Brehm. Nightingale. 

 Common at Philippeville, Hammam Meskoutine, and 



Lambese (J). At H. Meskoutine on April 6 and at 

 Lac Fetzara on April 12 (W). Common at Ain Mokra : 

 eggs on May 7 (R) . 



90. Dandalus rubecula (L.). Robin. 



Robins (subsp.?) were seen at Algiers, generally through- 

 out the Aures range, at El Kantara and Biskra in February 

 1906 : also at H. Meskoutine in 1910 (W). Probably these 

 were chiefly migrants from Europe. 



91. Prunella modularis (L.). Hedge-Sparrow. 



Noted in gardens near Algiers at the beginning of 

 February 1906 (W). 



