744 Mr. C. B. Ticeliurst on the Birds noticed 
adults and young; one was feeding on a carcase in the 
village of Linnea : Griffon Vultures I also saw, the square 
tail and extended primaries being very noticeable; on one 
occasion there were five wheeling round together. In 
Gibraltar Harbour there were adult Larus fuscus and 
L. cachinnans, many immature L. ridibundus and L. melano- 
cephalus , while I saw one adult of the latter species in full 
winter plumage and one immature bird with a partial hood. 
As we left Gibraltar flock after flock of Puffins were steadily 
passing west through the Straits, evidently a migratory 
movement, and during the afternoon scattered parties of 
Swallows kept crossing from the African coast. 
On April the 20th, in fine weather, with a light N.E. wind, 
some Swallows passed the ship, going N. by E.,—we were then 
seventy miles from the African shore and thirty from Capo de 
Gata; more passed during the day : the only other birds seen 
were a few Puffins. On the 21st we put into Algiers, and were 
about seven hours ashore. Not knowing where to go, I struck 
out to the country on the west of the town. Here were many 
gardens and scattered houses, and, further on, village after 
village with little or no open land except gardens. Swallows, 
House-Martins, and Nightingales were plentiful; the last 
in full song. Many other birds were seen, including the 
following species probably on migration:—Common Red¬ 
start, Pied Flycatcher, Blackcap, Willow Wren, Garden 
Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, W T ryneck, Blue-headed Wag¬ 
tail. The Algerian Chaffinch was singing; I could not be 
certain of any difference in song between it and our bird, 
but the alarm-note seemed quite distinctly weaker and less 
metallic than that of our bird. The Wagtail was typical 
Motacilla flava ; the Linnets looked markedly paler, but the 
Blue Tits very brilliant and with a dark crown. To any one 
visiting Algiers, the walk that I took could not be bettered 
for seeing some of the common birds in a short time, but 
there are too many people and gardens for collecting. 
The next day we skirted along the African coast, which was 
about six or eight miles distant, but a few adult Gulls ( Larus 
