320 AEDON GALACTODES. 



H541. 0/;^.— Chemora, 19 May, 1857. " O. S." From 

 Mr. Salvin. 



The bird was shot from the nest by Mr, Salvin. " The nests/' he 

 says^ are always in tamarisk-trees^ conspicuously in a fork at from 

 one to six feet from the ground, composed of dead shoots of tamarisk 

 and fragments of reed outside, lined with roots, feathers, and camels' 

 hair. In nine cases out of ten there is a piece of serpent's skin at 

 the bottom of the nest, and when we found this skin we knew it was 

 ready for the eggs." The eggs run into those of Anthus rufescens 

 [A. campestris (Linn.)], but the nests differ totally. 



§ 1542. Oy/e.— Algeria, 1857. From Mr. Salvin. 

 Brought with the very characteristic nest by an Arab. 



^ 1543. Two.—D]QnM\y 18 May, 1857. From Mr. Tristram. 



S 1544. 7k'o.— Djondeli, 19 May, 1857. From Mr. Tristram. 



One of these bought at Mr. Stevens's, 9 February, 1858, " Lot 

 84" — the 'Catalogue' containing the further information " Female 

 shot." 



^ 1545. 7ko.— Djendeli, 30 May, 1857. " W. H. S." From 

 Mr. Simpson. 



These are of Mr. Simpson's own taking, as the initials upon 

 them shew. They agree with eggs sent under this bird's name 

 by M. Favier from Tangier [§ 1540]. 



[^ 1546. 0;^^.— Ain Djendeli, May, 1857. "O. S." From 

 Mr. Salvin.] 



[^ 1547. One. — Cliemora, 1857. From Mr. Salvin.] 



[^1548. TiDO. — Chemora, 1857. From Mr. Tristram. From 

 different nests.] 



[§ 1549. 0;ie.— Chemora, 8 May, 1857. " W. H. S." From 

 Mr. Simpson.] 



