154 Rev. P. C. R. Jourdain on the 



98. Apus apus (L.). 



Extremely common at Bone, and nesting in the weep- 

 holes of the masonry (J). A flock of twelve passing over 

 Tiragad on April 8, 1910 (W). 



\_A2Ms murinus was not identified with certainty.] 



99. Caprimulgus ruficollis desertorum Erl. Erlanger's 

 Red-necked Nightjar. 



A pair met with east of Klienchela on May 24. The 

 testes of the male were the size of peas (R). 



100. Merops apiaster L. Bee-eater. 



Common : flocks had already arrived at El Guerrah on 

 April 14. Breeds in the river-banks near St. Charles (J). 

 Flocks passing north at Chetmah, near Biskra, on April 10 ; 

 also at H. Meskoutine on April 19 (W). 



101. Merops persicus chrysocercus Cab. & Hein. Saharau 

 Bee-eater. 



Seen in small flocks near Bordj Saada, April 27, 1914 (J). 



102. Upupa epops epops L. Hoopoe. 



Generally distributed but not numerous anywhere (J). 

 Many at Biskra, frequenting the drains on March 27 ; also 

 many at H. Meskoutine in April (VV). Feeding young at 

 Ain Mokra on May 8 (R). 



103. Coracias garrulus garrulus L. Roller. 



A few on the hillsides near Batna and Lambese, April 28 

 (J). 



104. Picus vaillantii (Malh.). Algerian Green Wood- 

 pecker. 



Only met with among the big ilex-trees above Lambese : 

 nest-hole not quite finished on May 2 (J). Heard in Taya 

 cork-oak woods, April 8, 1911 (W). Heard in wooded 

 hillsides west of Tebessa (R.). 



105. Dryobates major numidus (Malh.). Algerian Great 

 Spotted Woodpecker. 



Also noted in the Taya cork-oak woods on the same 



