292 Capt. Lynes on the Ornithology [Ibis, 



2 e. of 9.6. = full clutch, ride $ ovary. See Plate X. a of N. 

 photo taken on 31.5, when huikling ; note absence of pebbles, 

 added later. e, typical of E. alpestris ; long blunt ovals, 

 25 mm. X 16*7 mm. and 25 mm, x 16 mm. 



Antlms campestris campestris (L.), (Tawny Pipit,) 

 Coll, d ad, 17,5.; 2 ad,4.N. 5 e, 4 d. 26,6, ; y, 12 d. 22.5, 

 S. mod, base to Plat, The y. of 22.5. brought me by native 

 near Timoudit ; curiously earlier than any breeding at base 

 near Azrou. Alarm-note like small pipe of Golden Plover — 

 brutes ! , , . (but only to the nest-hunter). At base arrived 

 about 4.5, 



Motacilla boarula boarula L. (Grey Wagtail) 



Coll. 2 fi'b 29.6. ? R. r. base. Single specn. obtd. at base of 



Azrou Gully. Breeding over. Sure to have bred not far off. 



2 ad. seen Ain-Leuh cascade, 28.4.; prob. breeding there. 



Certhia brachydactyla mauretanica With. (Creeper.) 

 Coll. 2 d ad., 2 2 atb, 25.4. to 19.16, ; d ad, + N. 3 y. 10 d. 

 + 1 e. a. 8.7.; 2 ad.-+-N. 5 e. 3 d, 11.6. [R.] abd, 1. m, u. 

 For, Late breeder ; no juvs. ab, before July, N, never found 

 behind semi-detached bark, but in holes rotten ilex boughs ; 

 vertical entrance in both the abo\'e nests. 

 Wall Creeper [absent]. 



Sitta europaea atlas Lynes, Bull, 13. 0. O. Nov. 1919. (Atlas 

 Nuthatch.) 



Coll. Types, d ad. 3.5,; ? ad, 19.5.; juv. 7.7.; and 2 <S ad. 

 2 2 ad. 25.4. to 27.6.; dad,+ $ ad.-f-N, 7 e, 3 d, 7,5.; 3 juv,ab. 

 3.7., 7.7. N,6e, 6d,19,5, (PlatelX.w); N. 6y. 2d. 19,5, [R,] 

 abd, 1. m. u. For. New subsp. v. similar to cces'ia but bill conspic. 

 more slender, attenuate, smaller base, and feet and claws rather 

 weaker. Wing of 4 J ad. average 87 mm., rather longer than 

 ccesia. 



Colour below inclined to paleness, but wanted fresh plu. 



specns. to see if constantly more so than other races. 



N'ot minor, wbich has short thick bill. N. in hole ilex 4' to 20', 

 moss, then dry leaves of ilex and hawthorn ; lined few ilex bark- 

 flakes ; entrance mud-cemented like British Nuthatch, e. like 

 British Nuthatch ; 13 e, av. 20*3 mm. x 14-8 mm. $ 25.4, laying 

 eggs ; prob. earliest. Very noisy : loud, continuous " cheep- 

 cheep ..." and " chich-e-wee — chich-e-wee . , . ," but no trilling 

 like British Nuthatch, 



