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gives a patchy appearance, resembling from a distance a 
well-burnt Scottish moor. 
Every day for two weeks I rode over these hills on the 
excellent little Arab horses to be hired at the hotel, or else 
explored the river-bed of the Oued bou Hamdane (Plate II. 
fig. 2), in places almost dry save for two or three narrow 
channels easily fordable at almost any point. 
No matter what direction is taken birds are everywhere 
really plentiful. Close to the hotel, in the thick under¬ 
growth of the valleys and on the olive-clad slopes, we 
observed Greenfinches ( Clitoris clitoris aurantiiventris ) in 
small numbers almost every day, Chaffinches ( Fringilla 
coelebs africana ), numerous Blackbirds ( Turdus merula 
algirus ), Song-Thrushes ( Turdus pliilomelus pliilomelus ), 
Redbreasts (apparently Erithacus rubecula rubecula ), 
Dusky Bulbuls ( Pycnonotus barbatus barbatus ), Brown 
Linnets ( Acanthis cannabina mediterranea ) in small flocks, 
and Goldfinches ( Carduelis carduelis africana :) in consider¬ 
able numbers, Starlings ( Sturnus vulgaris vulgaris ) in 
huge flocks, Sparrows, Corn-Buntings ( Emberiza calandra 
calandra\ Blue Titmice {Parus cceruleus ultramarinus ) very 
few, Blackcaps ( Sylvia atricapilla atncapilla) rather rare. 
Sardinian Warblers {Sylvia melanocephala melanocephala), 
and Kestrels {Cerchneis tinnunculus tinnunculus). 
On the more rocky ground, covered with grass, small 
scrub, and olives, the Barbary Partridge ( Alectoris barbara 
barbara ) is plentiful. All were paired by the time I arrived 
on the 17th of February. In the reeds of the dry river-bed 
I caught a hasty glimpse of a Warbler, but am uncertain of 
the species to which it belonged. Birds of Prey were nearly 
always observed once the higher ground had been reached. 
Most commonly seen was the Golden Eagle ( Aquila 
chrysaetus) . On the 25th of February I saw three together 
sailing majestically along the hillside, whilst another eagle, 
observed on one occasion only, was, I believe, Bonelli’s 
Eagle ( Eutolrnaetus fasciatus fasciatus ), a bird with which 
I am unfamiliar. Bonelli's Eagle is recorded by Messrs. 
Wallis and Jourdain (Ibis, 1915, p. 157) as breeding at 
