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 75. Upupa epops epops L. 



Cf. Xne. Z'Kil. xviii. p. 525. 



Duriug onr first stay in El-Golea a few Hoopoes were seen in the gardens, and 

 on Marcli 30 a great number were observed, flocks of five and six, and once tweuty- 

 tive or thirty together — altogether we must have seen fifty or si.xty within half 

 an hour, in and about the outskirts of El-Golea. A few were seen on April 12 

 (Uned Mya), doubtless on migration. On June I observed a pair (or at least 

 two) in the gardens of Guerraru, and 1 have little doubt that they were nesting 

 there. 



TO. *Jynx torquilla torquilla L. 



Cf. yoi\ Zool. .xviii. p. 526. 



Warcb ~7 at El-Golea; Ajiril 13, ISoutlierii Oued-Mya; April 17, lu-Salah — the 

 latter not shut. 



[We searched in vain for Bubo asmhi pirns on Gai'a Klima, where Koeuig's 

 brother-in-law shot one. Several crevices and small caves were investigated and 

 possible castings found, but neither liere nor elsewliere, in s2)ite of much search, did 

 we come across any Eagle-owls.] 



77. Tyto alba alba (8cop.). 



Only lieard and seen on the mosipie in Touggourt, where we could uot 

 shoot it. 



78. Athene noctua saharae Kleinschm. 



Since writing about these Little Owls in No>:. Zool. xviii. p. 521), with Mr. 

 Rothschild, I have reconsidered their status with the help of a very rich material, 

 and come to the conclusion that the southern form, from soutb of the Atlas, 

 must be separated from that inhabiting the northern portions of Africa Minor. 



These Owls, so common in some parts of Algeria, are rare and local in the 

 actual Sahara. They were, however, not rare in the Oned Nea, where independent 

 young birds flew about already at the beginning of Jnne. 



We were especially interested in these and all other Owls, and did not often 

 go to sleep with the fowls, as we generally watched the lamp to catch moths long 

 after dusk. We saw, however, none of these Owls farther southwards, except 

 once in the Oned Mya, near Tilmas Djilrhempt, on May 2 ; even there only 

 this one bird was observed and shot, which was evidently a last year's bird, 

 and has a very short wing of 15U mm. The unmistakable note was also heard 

 on May 24, at the Oued-el-Abiodh. 



7U. *Asio flammeus flammeus (Pontopp.). 

 {A)iio accipitrinus auet.) 



A single bird was seen sitting high u[) on a tamarisk bush in the desert, 

 80 km. south of El-Golea, April 2. It is in a peculiar jilnmage, the tail and 

 secondaries being strongly worn, while the j)rimaries, scaimlars, and body plumage 

 are very fresh. 



