1920.] of the Maroccan'' Middle- Atlas. '^ 207 



com. 1. m. For. N. e. habits much like British Wren. Many 

 " cock's " nests. In l-ahijloravi examples from high alts. 

 appear to be i-ather more " barred " below. 



Dipper [absentj. 



Chelidon rustica rustica (L.). (Swallow.) 



? S. com. b. Azroii. Some N. inside native living rooms, as in 

 China. First e. Azrou about 10.5. 



House-Martin, Sand-Martin, Crag-Martin [absent]. 



Apus melba. (Alpine Swift.) 



? S. com. local Plat. Apparently breeding Timouilit and in 

 a " Crater.'"' Swarms at Meknez, breeding in holes of city 

 walls, 1.5. 



Apus apus apus (L.). (Swift.) 



Coll. J ad. 24.5. J^elieve only autumn visitor to Middle- 

 Atlas, after breeding in plains. First lots seen u. For. 19.5. flying 

 round cedar tops. By 10.7. Swifts swarmed over Plat. 



Apus murixus and Arus affinis [absent]. 



Caprimulgus europseus meridionalis Hart. (Nightjar.) 

 CoU. $ ad. 9.5. ; S ad. prob. of N. 2 e. 2 d. 22.6. ; $ ad. + 1 e. 



Id. 26.6. S. mod. base, b. just below For. only. N. 2 e. av. 



29-7 mm. x 21-5 mm. ; abnormal, white ; no undershell markings ; 



few dark surface blotches. N. 1 e. 28-3 mm. x 20-3 mm. ; normal 



but light ground col. Arrived about 9.5. 



Bed-necked Nightjar [absent]. 

 Bee-eater [absent]. 



Upupa epops. (Hoopoe.) 



[S.] mod. Barrens. Evid. N. in cedars. No juvs. ab. up 

 to 21.6. 



Coracias garrulus garrulus L. (Roller.) 



[S.] mod. 1. m. u. For. clearings. N. holes trees; y. still in N. 

 being fed 9.7. (Swarms breed in city walls Meknez.) 



Kingfisher [absent]. 



Picus vaillanti (Malh.). (Le Vaillant's Green Woodpecker.) 

 Coll. 2 ad. $ 27.4., 22.6.; S ad. 8.6.; juv. N. 11.6.; juv. ab. 

 19.6. [R.] abd. 1. m. u. For. Many y. hatched by 1.6. 



