78 JOTTINGS ABOUT BIRDS. 



of Larks, Chats, etc. are most imperfectly defined. 

 There can be no doubt that many new species 

 remain to be discovered, especially in the southern 

 deserts, where the avifauna begins to assume an 

 Ethiopian character, as well as in the mountains of 

 Tunis. It seems to the present writer incredible 

 that so much requires doing in the ornithology of a 

 country so near to our own, and he trusts that this 

 short account of the Birds of Algeria may lead 

 others to study them. I shall be most happy to 

 receive any notes respecting the avifauna of Al- 

 geria, or to examine specimens of birds from the 

 country, for it is my intention to work out the 

 species more thoroughly, and possibly to publish a 

 handbook to them. 



