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173. Glareola pratincola pratincola (L.). Pratincole. 



Some thirty or forty birds scattered over the baked mud- 

 flats on the west of Lac Fetzara on May 14, but no sign 

 of nesting (R). 



174. Charadrius dubius Scop. Little Ringed Plover. 

 Met with in some numbers in the Oued El Kantara, 



evidently breeding (J). A pair at Fontaines Chaudes, 

 Biskra, on April 11 ; in j^airs^ Oued Biskra, April 13 ; several 

 pairs apparently nesting in the river-bed at H. Meskoutine 

 in April (W). 



175. Charadrius alexandrinus L. Kentish Plover. 



A pair haunted a sandy patch in the desert near Bordj 

 Saada : apparently breeding on April 28 (J). A single bird 

 with a ruddy crown at Biskra, April 11. Also breeds on the 

 sea-shore near Bone : nest scraped out, April 25, 1912 (W). 

 Clutch of three eggs taken on west side of Lac Fetzara, 

 May 15, 1913 (R). 



176. Charadrius apricarius L. Golden Plover. 



Flocks at Chott Tiuccilt, February 5, 190G ; also in Tunis 

 market (W). 



177. Vanellus vanellus (L.). Lapwing. 



Many on swampy ground north of El Guerrah, near 

 Constantine and Les Lacs early in February : also in 

 Algiers market (W). 



178. Himantopus himantopus himantopus L. Black-winged 

 Stilt. 



Seen at Ain Dahlia, May 4, 1913 (R). 



179. Gallinago gallinago gallinago (L.). Common Snipe. 

 In Algiers market, end of January : also seen near Kroubs, 



February, and near Bone in April (W). [Liitmocryptes 

 gallinula also seen in Tunis market in March (W).] 



180. Scolopax rusticola L. Woodcock. 



In Algiers market, end of January 1906 (W). 



