106 My. H. M. Drummond: List of Birds found 
tirely composed of old birds. The eggs of these birds vary like those 
of the F. domestica, which they closely resemble. 
Fringilla Celebs.) 
F. cannabina. | Common about Biserta ; probably breed there, 
F. Montium. > as they were seen as late as the middle of 
F. citrinella. | May. 
F, Carduelis. J 
Cuculus canorus. Common about Biserta. 
Upupa Epops. Very common; probably breed: seen as late as 
the 21st of May. 
Merops Apiaster. Very common during the passage : the first of 
these birds made their appearance this season the 27th of April, none 
seen after the 15th of May. I could not ascertain if any remain. 
Alcedo Ispida, Only one seen at the Goletta 21st of April. I un- 
derstand they are common in winter. 
Hirundo rustica. p ‘ 
TE -aiebiee Most numerous, especially H. rustica : I saw no 
airs signs of their building. 
H. riparia. g ir building 
Cypselus alpinus. Only two seen, on the tops of Gibel Tschar. 
C. murarius. Very numerous. 
Caprimulgus europeus. A few seen as late as the 10th of May. 
Columba Livia. Very common: breed in the old wells about the 
ruins of Carthage. 
C. Turiur. Very common : breed in the olive-groves. 
Piterocles arenarius. | Very common about ten miles from Tunis 
P. setarius. i and throughout the interior: sedentary. 
Perdix petrosa. Most numerous, especialiy at the upper lake of 
Biserta and throughout the interior; rare in the immediate vicinity 
of Tunis. A young covey was found as early as the 22nd of May: 
sedentary. 
P. Coturniz. Most numerous, especially about the ruins of Car- 
thage during its passage, which I understand commences about the 
beginning or middle of March, and lasts until the end of May: a very 
few only remain. 
Hemipodius lunatus. Dedasionally found near Tunis and Biserta. 
Sir Thomas Reade assures me that these birds do not migrate. 
Glareola torquata. ‘The first of these birds made their appearance 
the 24th of April, and after that were most numerous, especially on 
the muddy flats between the lakes of Biserta, where they were so 
tame that they would unwillingly take wing though approached 
within a few feet, and would almost immediately settle again. 
Otis* houbara. ‘These birds are never found near the coast, but as 
they are not unfrequently met with in the interior, it is perhaps as 
well to mention them. They are very wary and difficult of approach, 
frequenting the dry arid plains, and are only taken by means of 
hawking, of which amusement the Arabs are excessively fond. Sedi 
Mohammed, the Bey of the Camp, keeps a number of falcons trained 
for the purpose. 
* JT could obtain no account of the Odis tarda ever having been met with 
in this regency, though it is I believe common in other parts of Barbary. 
