602 Mr. J. I. S. Whitaker on 



the following res})ects : — The hind neck is rather ashen, and 

 not sandy buff; the throat is whitish, tinged with rose, and 

 not brown ; the quills are raueh less brightly coloured, l)eing 

 but slightly margined with carmine, the inner secondaries 

 being tipped with soiled white or buff; the rump and upper 

 tail-eoverts are brown, and not rose-pink ; the outer rectrices 

 have only the outer web white, the inner web being brown. 

 Iris brown ; legs brown ; bill yellow-ochre. Total length 

 about 5*50 inches, wing 4, culmen "50, tarsus '75. 



Adult ? . Differs but slightly from the male, the forehead 

 and crown being less dark, the eye-region having less carmine 

 or rose tinge, and the throat being entirely without any rose- 

 tinted feathers. Soft parts and measurements same as in 

 the male. 



Of this new Rose-Finch I have three specimens, a male and 

 two females, all having been obtained at Glaoui, in the Great 

 Atlas Mts., on the 28th May. Mr. Dodson, in reply to my 

 enquiry, says that he met with this species only at Glaoui, a 

 valley about 5000 feet above sea-level, to the south-east of 

 Marocco city, and that the birds were in small flocks. 



Emberiza miliaria. 



A few skins of (J and ? , from North Marocco in February 

 and March, and one from the Atlas district in May. 



Emberiza cirlus. 



A good series, (^ , ? and young, mostly from Marocco 

 city and Ras-el-Ain, in May and June. 



Emberiza cia. 



Five skins of ^ and ? , from Zarakten and Tilula in May. 



Emberiza saharte. 



Four skins of J and ? , all from Marocco city in May. 

 Evidently this species is very local in Marocco, as it is in 

 Algeria and Tunisia. 



Galerida cristata. 



Ten skins of (^ and ? ,from Hawara, Uled Haddad, Karia- 

 el-Habcssi, and other districts in North Marocco, all obtained 



