1920.] of the Maroccan'' Middle- Atlas:' 289 



Garrulus glandarius oenops Wliit. (Jay.) 



Coll. 4 S iul. 26.4. to 17.6.; 2 $ juv. ab. 15.6. [K.] com.; 

 b. 1. m. u. For. Earliest jnvs. ab. mid-June. Only nest found 

 had young flown, 24.6. Against ilex trunk 9 feet, like N. of 

 British Jay. 



Pica pica niaiiretaiiica Malh. (Magpie.) 



Coll. S ad. parent + juv. ab. 2-5.5. [R.] com. but v. local; 

 N. brushwood outskirts of For. Sev. family parties just ab. near 

 Ito4750 ft. Ad. also seen 13.6. in "Barrens." Cobalt eye-patch 

 of juv. same as ad. 



Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax (L.). (Red-billed Chough.) 

 Coll. juv. ab. 29.6. full grown, [R.] com., b. crags above 

 4000 ft., and in Crater on Plat. N. y. 7 d. and N. y. 14 d. 29.6. 



Oriole [absent]. 



Sturnus unicolor Temm. (Spotless Starling.) 

 Coll. (S ad. 24.5. [R.] com. local ; b. all altitudes except 1. m. 

 For. N. y. flown 17.5. ; y. heard in N. cedars 20.6. 



Coccothraiistes coccothraustes buvryi Cab. (Hawfinch.) 

 Coll. 4 d ad. 18.6. to 11.7.; 2 $ ad. 3.7.; 3 juv. ab. 5.7., 

 11.7. ; 2 y. 5 d. 26.6. [R.] abd..; b. 1. m. For. N. 2 y. 5 d. 26.6. ; 

 lior. bough top ilex 40 feet. Nest massive because framed with 

 lichen, like a nest of Missel-Thrush ; for same reason v. difficult 

 to detect. Fam. parties, swarming at wild cherries all July ; 

 parents plucking fruit and feeding young ; whole berries. 



Greenfinch [absent]. 



Acanthis carduelis africaims. (C4oldfinch.) 

 Coll. S ad. + $ ad. (pair) 3.0. [R.] abd. up to 6000 ft. ; e. up 

 to July. 



Acanthis cannabina mediterranea (Tschusi). (Linnet.) 

 Coll. d ad. 17.5.; <S ad., $ ad. 18.5. ? R. com. up to 

 4700 ft. ; b. base. b. early ; juv. ab. before 25.4. Sev. this 

 year's hatched-out nests; scrub junijDer, 3.5. Ad. and juv. 

 frequented spot independently, but no second nests made. 



Crossbill [absent] ; no pines. 



Fringilla coelebs africana Levaill, (Chaffinch.) 

 Coll. 2 S ad. 2.5., 4.7.; ? ad. 14.5.; S juv. 2.7.; $ juv. 4.7. 

 [R.] abd.; b. 1. m. u. For. b. late; curious, flocks up to 40, 

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