300 Oniithologij of Maroccan "-Middle- Atlas.'' [Ibis, 



Comatibis eremita. (Bald Ibis.) 



CoU. ad. (head only) 24.5. V 11. com. base and Plat. ; b. clifts. 



(All Heron Tribe absent.) 



Casarca ferruginea (Pall.). (Sheld-duck.) 



2 ad. shot 29.6, lake on Plat, where com. Eaten (no! nn- 

 ' I eatable). Sax organs not examined. May have been breeding 

 [I in hills near by, but all ad. and in twos! 



Colymbus nificollis. (Dabchick.) 

 II Sev. lake on Plat. 29.6. ? b. 



Coluniba cenas L. (Stock Dove.) 



Coll. 2 5 ad. 22.5. ; by ovaries only going to breed ! N. 2 e. 

 5 d. 8.7., u. For. [R.] abd. everywhere ; fed in flocks in valley 

 about 6 A.M. and 3 p.m. 



Columba palambus palumbus L. (Wood-Pigeon.) 

 Coll. 6 ad. 25.4. N. 2 e. 7 d. 29.5. [R.] abd. 1. m. u. For. ; 

 fed in flocks in valley about 6 A.M. and 3 p.m. 



II Columba livia (? race). (Rock- Pigeon.) 



[R.] only seen in a cave near Azrou ; few pairs ; had bred ; 

 egg-shells floor of cave, 14.7. 



Streptopelia turtur turtur. (Turtle Dove.) 

 Coll. $ ad. 24.6. ; 2nd e. in oviduct. S. abd. base and 1. For. 

 N. 2 e. 4 d. 29.5. Arrived early May. 



Burhinus cedicnemus. (Stone-Curlew.) 



Not b. Middle-Atlas (a pair, $ laying e. [fide ovary], shot 

 23.5. in Tigrigra Valley, but r. thei^e). 



Otis tetrax. (Lesser Bustard.) 



Xot b. Middle- Atlas, but b. plains, then come up to Plat, to 

 moult; small flocks first appeared Plat. 2nd week June. Sev. 

 shot. 



Fulica atra atra L. (Coot.) 

 II 1 ad, shot 29.6, lake on Plat, r b. there. 



Coturnix coturnix coturnix. (Quail, j 



Coll. S ad. 24.5. S. com. b. Plateau (and Valley of Tigrigra). 



Alectoris a. petrosa. (Barbary Partridge.) 



R. abd. base. K. 13 e. deserted about 14 d. 17.5. Broods of 

 cheepers just able to fly a little, first came in evidence last week 

 June. 



