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on the breast and flanks. This may be due to bleaching, but, 

 if so, it seems to me remarkable that the Mistletoe-Thrush 

 should become thus bleached while other birds from the region 

 of the Little Atlas do not seem to be affected in the same 

 way. At a considerable distaucc the paleness of this form is 

 very noticeable. 



The Mistletoe-Thrush was fairly common, but exceedingly 

 wild and difficult to approach, in the cedar-forest on the 

 Little Atlas. We did not notice it below 5000 feet, but it 

 was seen up to the highest altitude, over 0000 feet. On 

 May 0th T found two empty nests, from which, I think, 

 young had flown, and another containing three addled eggs. 

 On May 19th we found fledged young, and on May 20th 

 a nest containing three young about a week old and one 

 that had died. 



TlJRDUS MERULA ALGIRUS. 



Mem la algira Madariisz, Ann. Mus. Nat. Hung. i. 1903, 

 p. 559. 



?, March 19; $, March 25; £, March 30. II. Mes- 

 koutine. 



The Algerian Blackbird is distinguishable from the Morocco 

 bird (T. m. mauritanicus Hartert, Nov. Zool. vol. ix. p. 323). 

 The male of T. m. algirus has a smaller wing, viz. 120- 

 124 mm., compared with 12G-130 mm. The female is also 

 smaller than that of T. m. mauritanicus, while its throat and 

 upper breast are paler, and the light and dark markings are 

 more in contrast than in that species. In the female also 

 the dark markings of the centre of the feathers are pro- 

 nounced down to the middle of the breast, whereas in T. m. 

 mauritanicus they are only noticeable on the throat and 

 lower throat. 



As compared with typical Blackbirds from Europe the males 

 of T. m. algirus are shorter in the wing, while the females 

 are markedly different, being in general colour dark slaty 

 grey on the under side instead of reddish brown. 



In his original description of T. m. algirus, Herr Madarasz 

 contrasted the male with that of T. m. cabrera. One of 



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