96 Mr. J. I. S. Whitaker on Tunisian Birds. 



A few others were seen^ but the species does not appear to 

 be so common in Tunisia as it is further west. 



19. Alauda arborea. 



I have specimens of the Wood-Lark both from Mr. Aplin 

 and from M. Blanc. The former found it in the north, in 

 the month of May, when it was evidently breeding, 

 M. Blanc met with it in the early winter in the far south, 

 viz. at Zarzis on the sea-coast. Although the species thus 

 seems to have an extensive range, it is not a common bird in 

 the Regency. 



20. Rhamphocorys clot-bey. (Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. 

 p. 527) 



Mr. Aplin met with this Lark — a true desert species — on 

 two occasions only, viz. at the desert wells of Bir Ghezen 

 and Bir Abdallah, to the S.E. of the Chott Djerid, securing 

 one specimen at the first-mentioned place. At the latter 

 place he saw three or four others, in company with some 

 Short-toed Larks, but failed to obtain another example. 

 The country in the above districts is either bare, or sparsely 

 dotted with scrub vegetation. 



This species seems to have a very restricted range in 

 Tunis, and even where it occurs it is by no means abundant. 

 Further west, in the Algerian Sahara, 1 believe it is com- 

 moner, and near Aiu Sefra, in the province of Oran, I under- 

 stand it is plentiful*. 



21. Garrulus cervicalis. (Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iii. p. 98.) 

 Found in small numbers in the high oak woods near 



Ghardimaou. Their cry and habits resemble those of the 

 common Jay. 



22. Cypselus apus. 



Met with the first on 20th April, on the march to El 

 Djem, and subsequently at Kairouan and at Ghardimaou. 

 The Common Swift is plentiful, and breeds at Tunis and 



* [in February, 1889, the Zoological Society of London received living 

 specimens of this Lark, believed to have been obtained in the same district. 

 See P. Z. S. 1889, p. 26.— Edd.] 



