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striaticeps, Tristram, is a resident in Algeria in the 

 southern deserts. It was first discovered by Canon 

 Tristram at the salt lake of Ain Bahrdad, near 

 Hadjira. 



295. THE FANTAIL WARBLER Cisticola cursitans 

 (Frankl.), is a resident in Algeria. Taczanowski 

 met with this species everywhere in the barley fields 

 round the oases. I remarked it common at Biskra. 



296. CETTIS WARBLER Cettia cettii (Marmora), 

 is a winter visitor to Algeria, and met with from 

 the coast regions to the desert. Canon Tristram 

 observed it in all the marshes about Waregla, 

 N'goussa, and the Wed R'hir. 



297. SAVI'S WARBLER Locustella luscinioides 

 (Savi), is a winter visitor to Algeria, and has much 

 the same distribution as the preceding species. A 

 comparatively small number remain to breed. 



298. THE GRASSHOPPER WARBLER Locustella 

 locustella (Latham), is a winter visitor to Algeria, but 

 there can be little doubt that it breeds sparingly in 

 the country. 



299. THE SEDGE WARBLER Acrocephalus phrag- 

 mitis (Bechstein), is a winter visitor to Algeria, but 

 as I shot it in the oasis of Biskra in May, a few 

 may probably remain to breed in the country. 



300. THE AQUATIC WARBLER Acrocephalus aqua- 



