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74. Pyrrhocorax graculus. (Chough.) 
About the hills that surround the plain that holds the marsh 
of Zana, 1 not unfrequently used to observe the Chough. While 
vve were staying there, a Frenchman shot one, which proved to be 
this species, and not P. alpinus. 
75. Sturnus unicolor. (Sardinian Starling.) 
I have no note respecting the Common Starling; but as it is 
said to occur commonly at Tunis during the winter, I, doubtless, 
omitted to remark it. The present bird I saw at Kef in the 
Regency of Tunis, subsequently at Djebel Dekma, and lastly at 
Zana. 
76. Coccothraustes vulgaris. (Hawfinch.) 
On one occasion, about the middle of May, I saw a pair of 
Hawfinches among the Tamarisk-trees that grow near the spring 
of Ain Djendeli. 
77. Fringilla spodiogena. (Algerian Chaffinch.) 
This bird is common about Tunis; but we lost sight of it on 
moving westward. 
78. Seri xus meridionalis. (Serine Finch.) 
Common about the olive-groves near Sousa and other parts of 
Tunis, but decidedly rare in the mountainous and more elevated 
parts. 
79. Carduelis elegans. (Goldfinch.) 
Common everywhere. At Djendeli this bird builds a neat nest, 
composed almost entirely of the flower of the Tamarisk. 
80. Chloris aurantiiventris*. (North-African Greenfinch.) 
Though this bird is represented as common in many parts of 
the country, I saw but little of it. I shot one near Souk Harras; 
and afterwards we obtained a few nests near Djendeli. The 
bird appears to be justly entitled to a specific appellation, as 
being distinct from the common Greenfinch (Fringilla chloris.) 
81. Lin aria cannabina. (Linnet.) 
I met with large flocks of this bird near Carthage, in February. 
* Ligurinus aurantiiventris , Cab. Mus. Hein. p. 158 ?; Chlorospiza 
chloris, ex Algeria, auct.—(E d.) 
