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5. Old Terebinth Tree. 



6. Young Terebinth Trees. 



7. Country near Ain-Sefra. 



8. Sand-dune, Ain-Sefra. 



9. Ruins ol Timgad. 



10. Gorge de Tilatou. 



11. Four views of Country round El-Kantara, openin< 

 on to the Desert. 



THE SAHARAN DESERT. 



South of the Atlas at Biskra, Laghouat, etc., begins the 

 real Saharan Desert, wilh a much reduced, though very 

 interesting, avifauna. The most striking forms to be met ' 

 with are the Sand-Grouse, the Desert-Larks, the lovely 

 Desert- Warbler {Sylvia nana deserti), the Bush-Babbler, the 

 little Scotocerca, the Persian Bee-eater,- the Cream-coloured 

 Courser, and further south the rare Desert-Sparrow {Passer 

 simplex) . 



A number of fine photographs were then exhibited 

 depicting various scenes in the Desert, as follows : — 



1. Stony Desert near Col de Sfa, Biskra. 



2. Views in the Oases of Biskra and Sidi-Okba. 



3. Arab Falconer with female Falco biarmicus erlangeri. 



4. Views in Desert INIountains near Droh. 



5. Camels feeding in tlie Salt Desert, south of Biskra. 

 G. Our party south of Mraier. 



7. Sand-dunes and Bordj of Ferjan near El-Oued. 



8. Nomads resting and vegetation near El-Oued. 



9. Palm-gardens near El-Oued; .\ 



10. Oases of El-Golea and Old Berber Fort. 



11. Desert near In - Salah and Gara on Plateau of 

 Tademait. 



12. Palms near In-Salah. 



13. Views of river-bed of Oued Mya, south of El-Golea. 



14. Mzabite town of Ghaidaia. 



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