210 Mr. E. G. B. Meade-Waldo— Bird-Notes 



parts pale ; the chin, throat, fore-neck, and neck pale smoky 

 grey, and the breast and the rest of the under parts pure 



white. 



Total length. Wing. Tail. Tarsus, 



in. in. in. in. 



S (in moult) ca. 5-0 4-0 1-5 4 



2 5-0 4-0 1-7 0-4 



Very common on the Wad Moorbev in June. I saw no 

 young birds — all were adults in very deep moult. I looked 

 for banks where they had bred, but saw none. 



36. Carduelis elegans. Goldfinch. 



The Goldfinch was common in the Atlas region, but 1 did 

 not see it at any great elevation. 



37. Serinus hortulanls. Serin Finch. 



Serin Finches Mere breeding as high in the mountains as 

 the limit of trees. They had eggs in July. 



38. Coccothraustes vulgaris. Hawfinch. 



The only Hawfinches which 1 saw were four met with at 

 Sould Jedid. 



39. Passer uojmesticus. Common Sparrow. 



I have a note that many of the Sparrows in the mountains 

 appear to be intermediate between Passer domesticus and 

 P. sa/icicola. 



40. Fringilla spodiogena. Algerian Chaffinch. 

 Common through all the Atlas region. 



41. Linota cannabina. Linnet. 



I have a note of seeing Linnets at 9500 feet. 



1)2. Emberiza cirlus. Cirl Bunting. 



The Cirl Bunting was common throughout the Atlas region 

 up to a considerable elevation (about 5000 feet) . 



13. Lmiseriza cia. Meadow-Bunting. 

 I saw the Meadow-Bunting at higher elevations than the 

 last-named species. 



44. Frixgillaria Sahara. Moorish House-Bunting. 

 The House-Bunting was locally common throughout the 

 Atlas. I saw it breeding in most of the kasbahs up to about 



