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locality was shown for comparison. This discovery raised 

 the number of species of Jays found in Algeria to three, 

 viz. :- — Garrulus glandarius cervicalis Bonap. (coast and centre 

 of Provinces of Constantine and Alger), G. g. minor "V err. 

 (southern part of the Province of Alger), and G. g. ivldtakeri 

 Hart. (Province of Oran). 



2. Chelidon daurica rufula (Temm.), from between 

 Tlemcen and Lalla Marnia. This bird had been stated to 

 be an accidental visitor to Algeria, both by Malherbe and 

 Loche, but they evidently wrote from hearsay only, and 

 there had hitherto been no actual proof of its occurrence. 

 Some old nests were found under a bridge. 



3. Apus affinis galilejensis (Antin.), from Am Sefra, 

 Sud-Oranais. This was the first record of this Swift from 

 Algeria, though the bird was common in parts of Morocco. 



Mr. Rothschild went on to say that his recent expedition 

 had been practically confined to the western Province of 

 Oran. In company with Dr. Hartert and Mr. Carl Hilgert, 

 and taking also a trapper to collect mammals, he had first 

 spent ten days at Oran itself, then ten days at Tlemcen. 

 The party then proceeded to Am Sefra, the fauna of which 

 proved a great surprise, for although the nature of the 

 country was decidedly that of the i( Hauts Plateaux," it was 

 a mixture of desert- and northern forms. Going north again 

 from Am Sefra, a few days were spent at Saida, after which 

 a week at Hammam R/hirha concluded the trip. Besides 

 some 4800 insects and 140 mammals, the ornithological 

 results consisted of 240 birds and 236 eggs (65 clutches). 



Colonel Stephenson Clarke exhibited examples of two 

 new African birds which he proposed to describe as 

 follows : — 



Stizorhina vulpina intermedia, subsp. n„ 

 Adult male. Intermediate in size between S. vulpina 

 Reichenow, from the Semliki Valley and Upper Congo 



