(4r) 



21. *Anthus pratensis (L.). 



Cf. -Vnr. Zool. xviii. p. 498. 



A few were noticed in El-Guloa during tlie last weel; of March. 



22. *Anthus campestris (L.). 



Cf. Nni: Zoul. xviii. p. 499. 



A single sjieeimon was shot at Arefidji, out of a small flock, on March 7. one 

 was observed in the most monotonous hammada sonth of Hassi el-Hadjar on 

 March 17, and again on the 18th and 2tit!i, and it was not rare at El-Golea 

 abont March 26 ; a few were seen in the Sonthern Oned Mya din-ing the second 

 week of April, and at In-Salah on April 30. 



23. *Motacilla flava flava (L.). 



Cf. Xm: Z<inl. xviii. p. 499. 



From March 2G to 28 typical M. flami was common at El-Golea ; we observed 

 it in the bed of the Oned Saret on April 4, and in the Sonthern Oned Mj'a during 

 the second week of April. 



24. *Motacilla flava cinereocapilla Savi. 



Cf. Whitaker, Bu-dx nf Tmu^hi i. p. 151. 



On March 24 I shot a male from a small fiock at Safet-Iniqucl, with a white 

 throat, and another at In-Salah, on A]iril 21. Both are typical chureorapilla. 



As this Wagtail is a regular migrant in Tunisia, it will doubtless be so in 

 some parts of Algeria. As we never saw it in the eminently suitable conntry near 

 Lac Fetzara, we doubted whether Yellow Wagtails nested in Algeria, but in 1 857 

 Tristram took eggs on June 9 and 18 in the " Province of Constautine " ; these were 

 probably those of cinereocapilla. 



2.J. "Motacilla flava thunbergi Rillberg. 



ilntaciUa hnreal/s Whitaker, J!. Tmihiir i. p. 152. 



We first met with this form at Ai'n Guettara, on April 28, where a pair were 

 rnuning about fearlessly round our tent ; as tlie dark head was at once noticed I 

 shot the pail', which proved to be typical thanbergi. After that date these birds 

 were observed on April 30 (three specimens). May 2 to 7 daily (in the Oned Mya 

 and atHuents), May 12 at the Hassi Marroket, May 13 and 18 single s[)ecimens at 

 El-Golea, and afterwards single examples on May 2.T and 27, and even on Jnne 5 

 a single female, a])parently ill, and another at Guerrara, Jnne (!. 



In the Rontliern Oned Mya many were eaten by the Horned Vipers, Cerastes 

 cerastes (= coniatas). 



2<). *Motacilla alba alba L. 



Cf. .V/.r. Z,i„l. xviii. p. 499. 



White Wagtails were common at Touggonrt on Fi'brnary 27 to 211, and a lew 

 were seen in the Monleiiia, just sonth of Biskra, on Fcbrnary 20, also on Mar<:li s, 

 near Onargla. 



[^I'arus nieruleus ultramarinus is not rare in Biskra, where we saw it 

 feeding its young in Jnne, lint it does not wr.w in any of the southern oases, 

 (.-'f. A't/c. Zdol. .wiii. p. .Mil). J 



