196 Mr. H. F. Witherby on 



I think it possible that the breeding-ranges of these two 

 birds may be found to be distinct. For instance, at Biskra, 

 although I shot my two specimens actually on the same 

 ground, they were not then nesting, and it may be proved 

 that one breeds in the oasis and the other in the desert. 

 Should this be so, we could regard them as different races 

 with separate breeding-areas. 



GaLERIDA THECKUE HARTERTI Ell. 



Ilartcrt, Vcig. pal. Fauna, p. 238. 

 ? ad., March 17 ; S ad., March 25. IT. Meskoutine. 

 This very dark form of G. tliecklae was common at 

 H. Meskoutine. 



Garrulus glandarius cervicalis Bp. 



c? ad. H. R'Hira, May 1. 



cJ ad., ? ad., May 11 ; ? ad., May 19. Les Glaeiercs. 



The Algerian Black-headed Jay was fairly common in the 

 pine-forest at II. R'Hira and very abundant in the cedar- 

 forest on the Little Atlas. The usual note is very much 

 like that of our Jay, and the bird is also fond of imitating 

 the notes of other species. I heard one imitating the cry 

 of a Booted Eagle to perfection, and others often imitated 

 that of the Buzzard very well. A tnsl which I found at an 

 altitude of about 5500 feet contained four fresh eggs on 

 May 18th ; it was well concealed in the top of a small 

 cedar-tree and the bird sat very closely. 



Lynx torquilla (L.). 



£ ad., March 22; ? ad., March 28; S ad., April 2. 

 H. Meskoutine. 



The Wryneck was common at H. Meskoutine during the 

 latter part of March and beginning of April. One bird was 

 so confiding as to sit unmoved on the branch of a small 

 olive while 1 shot another in the same tree, and did not 

 fly off until I had all but touched it. 



Syrnium aluco mauritanicum. 

 Witherby, Bull. B. O. C. vol. xv. p. 3G. 

 Ad. Les Glacieres, Little Atlas, April 1903 : shot by 

 M. Charles. 



