744 Mr. C. B. Ticeluirst on tht Birds noticed 



adults and young ; one was feeding on a carcase in tlie 

 village of Liunea : Griffon Vultures I also saw, the square 

 tail and extended primaries being very noticeable; on one 

 occasion there were five wheeling round together. In 

 Gibraltar Harbour there were adult Lams fuscns and 

 L. cachinnans, many immature L. ridihundus and L. melano- 

 cephabfs, while I saw one adult of the latter species in full 

 winter jjlumage and one immature bird with a partial hood. 

 As we left Gibraltar flock after flock of Puffins were steadily 

 passing west through the Straits, evidently a migratory 

 movement, and during the afternoon scattered parties of 

 Swallows kept crossing from the African coast. 



On April the 20th, in fine weather, with a light N.E. Avinrl, 

 some Swallows passed the ship, going N. by E._, — we were then 

 seventy miles from the African shore and thirty from Capo de 

 Gata; more passed during the day : the only other birds seen 

 Avere a few Puffins. On the 21st we put into Algiers, and were 

 about seven hours ashore. Not knowing where to go_, I struck 

 out to the country on the west of the town. Here were many 

 gardens and scattered houses, and, further on, village after 

 village with little or no open land except gardens. Swallows, 

 House-Martins, and Nightingales were plentiful; the last 

 in full song. Many other birds were seen, including the 

 following species probably on migration : — Common Red- 

 start, Pied Flycatcher, Blackcap, Willow Wren, Garden 

 Warblei", Lesser Whitethroat, Wryneck, Blue-headed Wag- 

 tail. The Algerian Chaffinch was singing ; I could not be 

 certain of any difference in song between it and oiir bird, 

 but the alarm-note seemed quite distinctly weaker and less 

 metallic than that of our bird. The Wagtail was typical 

 Motacilla flava; the Linnets looked markedly paler, but the 

 Blue Tits very brilliant and with a dark crown. To any one 

 visiting Algiers, the walk that 1 took could not be bettered 

 for seeing some of the common birds in a short time, but 

 there are too many people and gardens for collecting. 



The next day we skirted along the African coast, which was 

 about six or eight miles distant, but a few adult Gulls (Larus 



