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226. Ammoperdix heyi nicolli. Nicoll’s Desert Partridge. 
I saw a single specimen near Gebel Asfnr (south of the 
Birket Accrashi) on 28 November, 1917. I am familiar 
with this subspecies, having shot it on the Wadi Hof and 
the Wadi Resheid, near Helouan. A female shot in the 
the former Wadi, on 11 March, 1918, was within a fort¬ 
night of laying, and was flushed from under a large rock, 
which concealed, what Dr. Beven and I thought looked like 
the beginning of a nest. Several pieces of grass and a lot of 
plant-heads were gathered together, with a slight depression 
in the centre. Dr. Beven informs me that he obtained 
young birds, just on the wing, in the Wadi Resheid, at the 
beginning of May 1919. I hope these slight indications 
will help future observers in Egypt to discover the eggs of 
this interesting recently described Partridge. 
Erratum. —On p. 249 line 11, for Abbassia read Ibshawai. 
XXII.— First Impressions of Tunisia and Algeria. By 
David A. Bannerman, M.B.E., B.A., M.B.O.U., F.R.G.S. 
(Plates II.-V.) 
Of late years considerable attention has been given by 
British Ornithologists to the ornis of northern Africa. 
Lord Rothschild and Dr. Hartert have, by their exhaustive 
explorations in Algeria, made the birds of that fascinating 
country comparatively well known, whilst valuable supple¬ 
mentary notes have appeared from the pens of Messrs. 
Jourdain, Wallis, and Ratcliff. It is, therefore, with extreme 
diffidence that I present this short paper to the readers of 
‘The Ibis.’ In the first place, it contains nothing new, and, 
in the second place, it is not the narrative of an Ornitho¬ 
logical Expedition: it is merely the account of a journey 
through Tunisia and Algeria which some ornithologists have 
already made and doubtless many others will make in the 
future. It is to give these latter some idea of the birds 
they may expect to encounter, and of the scenery they will 
pass through, that I have ventured to publish my notes. 
