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110. Tyto alba alba (Scop.). Barn-Owl. 



The characteristic screatn was heard in tlie dusk near 

 Batna, April 18 and 19, 1914 (J). Also beard nightly at 

 H. Meskoutine in February (W). 



111. Athene noctua glaux (Sav.). Southern Little Owl. 

 Resident among the Roman remains at Lambese (J). 



At Lambese : one sitting on telegraph-post near Bone on 

 April 23 (W). 



112. Otus scops scops (L.). Scops Owl. 



Generally distributed : heard at Lambese, Ferrae Dufourg 

 and Biskra (J). 



113. Gyps fulvns fulvus (Ilabl.). Griffon Vulture. 



Not uncommonly seen on the wing in north-eastern 

 Algeria, but less commonly in the south-east (J). A party 

 of about twelve seen together on the ground near El Guerrah, 

 February 5, 1906. At a cliff, near H. Meskoutine, a small 

 colony was found bieeding. In 1911 hall-grown young 

 were moving about on the nesting ledges in April, but in 

 1912, on April 6, one nest contained a fresh egg, another 

 an incubated egg, and a third a chick in dowai (W). 



W^. Neophron percnopterus percnopterus (L.). Egyptian 

 Vulture. ^ 



Several pairs breed in the gorge of the Rummel at 

 Constantine, and, not being disturbed, are vei-y tame. 

 Scattered pairs also nest on the hills near Ain Djendeli, 

 near El Kantara and the ranges to the south (J). Breeding 

 at El Kantara and in cliffs near H. Meskoutine (W). 

 Common near Tebessa : also occasionally seen at Aiu 

 Mokra (R). 



115. Gypaetus barbatus atlantis Erl. North African 

 Bearded Vulture. 



I visited the eyrie on Djebel Metlili, from which a young 

 bird and an addled egg were taken in 1911 (see Nov. Zool. 

 xviii. p. 532), and also met with another south of El Kantara, 

 which was occupied in 1913 (J). Immature and adult birds. 



