74 JOTTINGS ABOUT BIRDS. 



bably a few remain to breed in the Atlas, as I met 

 with it there in May at an elevation of 4000 feet at 

 Oued Taga. Taczanowski states that it is rare in 

 the mountains. 



331. THE BLACK REDSTART Rut i cilia tithys 

 (Scopoli), is a resident in Algeria, most numerous 

 in winter. The birds that breed in the country 

 resort to the heights of the Atlas for the purpose. 

 I met with it in scattered pairs throughout the 

 Djebel Aures. 



332. THE WHEATEAR Saxicola cenanthe (Lin- 

 naeus), is a winter visitor to Algeria, but not, 

 according to Canon Tristram, going far to the 

 south. It is said that a few remain to breed at 

 high elevations in the Atlas. 



333. SEEBOHM'S CHAT Saxicola seebohmi, Dixon 

 (Frontispiece), is a resident in Algeria, but doubtless 

 subject to some local migration from the Atlas to 

 the oases. I discovered this fine species on a small 

 stony plain near Djebel Mahmel, at an elevation of 

 5,500 feet. It must be exceedingly local as so 

 many of the Wheatears are in Algeria as I met 

 with it nowhere else in the country. (Conf. 7/7-s-, 

 1882, p. 563.) 



334. THE DESERT WHEATEAR Saxicola deserti, 

 Temminck, is a resident in Algeria, and one of the 



