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Sylvia Phragmitis. | Both these species are very common in’ the 
S. arundinacea. vicinity of Carthage, frequenting the high 
standing corn, where they breed. 
S. Luscinia. A few met with in the thickets along the shores of 
the upper oer freshwater lake. 
S. orphea. Common: breed. 
S. rubiginosa. Most numerous, especially at Biserta, frequenting 
the olive-groves. 
S. atricapilla. Only one or two seen ; probably do not remain. 
. melanocephala. Common: breed. 
. cinerea. Common: breed. 
. conspicillata. A pair only of these birds seen 21st April. 
. Phenicurus. Ditto. 
. hippolais. ) 
. trochilus. f 
Savicola CEnanthe. A few seen at Biserta lst of May, none after- 
wards. 
S. stapazina *. 
S. aurita. A few seen. 
One or two seen about the end of April. 
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S. rubeira. 
S. rubicola. Very numerous: breed. 
Motacilla cinereo-capilla. Very common, frequenting the pastures. 
Anthus arboreus. 
A. pratensis. 
Alauda arvensis. 
A. cristata. 
A. brachydactyla. Very common: found in small flocks on the 
dry sandy grounds near the Goletta of Tunis. 
A, Calandra. Very common about the freshwater lake at Biserta, 
also in the immediate vicinity of Tunis : breed. 
Parus ceruleus +. Common: breed. 
Emberiza Miliaria. Very numerous : breed. 
Ef. Hortulana. Not very common: these birds are kept in cages 
at Tunis, being much prized for their song, and one that sings well 
will fetch as high a price as sixty piastres ; the Tunis piastre is equal 
to eightpence. 
Fringilla Chloris. Common: breeds. 
F. hispaniolensis. This is the common house-sparrow of Barbary ; 
it is very numerous, and though frequenting the towns and villages, 
I also found it in large flocks in the country many miles from any 
habitation. I was unable to ascertain whether it also builds in trees, 
or whether these large flocks so late in the season might have been 
occasioned by their being on their passage to Europe; they were en- 
\ Not uncommon. 
Very common, especially the latter ; breed. 
* From my own observations I have been unable to decide whether the 
stapazina and aurita are the same species; probably they are; but it is re- 
markable that out of numbers examined and shot at the same season of the 
year, none should be found in an intermediate state. 
+ It is curious that the Parus major should not have been found, as they 
generally frequent the same localities. 
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