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districts, even in the most sterile areas of the Tell 

 and the Sahara. 



10. THE STOCK DOVE Columba cenas, Linnaeus, 

 is somewhat sparingly distributed throughout the 

 wooded districts. This species is not included by 

 Taczanowski, nor did I meet with it in Constantine. 



1 1. THE RING DOVE Columba palumbus, Linnaeus, 

 was not met with by Canon Tristram, nor is it 

 included in Taczanowski's catalogue. I met with 

 this species in various parts of the cedar forests 

 on the Djebel Aures. near Batna. It is by no 

 means common. 



12. THE EGYPTIAN TURTLE DOVE Turtur senegal- 

 ensis (Linnaeus), or Palm Dove, as it is locally 

 known, is a resident in the southern districts, not 

 ranging further north than El Kantara, the highest 

 latitude of the date-palm. With this palm it is 

 inseparably connected, and swarms amongst the 

 groves in astonishing numbers. 



13. THE COMMON TURTLE DOVE Turtur auritus, 

 Gray, is widely distributed throughout Algeria in 

 summer, but is only known to pass the Sahara 

 sub-region on migration. I observed it both in 

 the oases and amongst the mountain forests. It 

 frequents the date-palms just as much as the 

 preceding species, with which it consorts, but is 



