160 Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain on the 



133. Falco biarmicus erlangeri Kleinschra. Algerian 

 Lanner. 



Breeds in fair numbers in the rocks at El Kantara and 

 in the mountain ranges which border the El Outaia plain. 

 Remains of eggshells were lying beneath one eyrie which 

 ue found in a steep cliff on the evening of April 18, 

 1913, but as I could reach it with a nesting-stick, it seemed 

 worth while to try for a possible addled egg. As luck 

 would have it, this was obtained after a few minutes' 

 " fishing, '' and then, to my astonishment, the Falcon slipped 

 off the nest where she had been all the time, almost invisible 

 in the dusk. There were also two recently hatched young 

 in this eyrie. In 1914 the site was again occupied and 

 young could be seen there on April 30. Another eyrie 

 visited on April 25 contained four young in down, and the 

 wings and breast-bone of a recently killed Kestrel showed 

 that Hawks do sometimes *' pick out Hawks' eyne"(J). 

 Identified at El Kantara (W). 



134. Pandion haliaetus haliaetus (L.). Osprey. 



One seen in March 1911 by the shore at Bone, and a pair 

 fishing close to the town on April 5, 1912 (W). One seen 

 at the mouth of the river at Bone on May 13, 1913 (R). 



135. Phalacrocorax ?p. ? 



A flock of about twenty Cormorants or Shags seen flying 

 over Lac Fetzara on May 1, 1913 (J). A flock seen on 

 ]\]ay 4, 1913, at Ain Mokra (R). 



136. Sula bassana (L.). Gannet. 



Fishing along shore west of Algiers in some numbers, 

 end of January 1906 : also noted at Bone in March 

 1911 (W). 



137. Ardea cinerea cinerea L. Common Heron. 



Met with occasionally in April even in the south : one on 

 the Oued El Kantara, April 20, 1914; seven or eight 

 on Lac Fetzara, May 1, 1913 (J). Seen at Biskra, April 12, 

 1912, H. JNIcskoutine, April 1911, and on Lac Fetzara, 



