404' 
Mr. D. A, Bannerman : First Impressions [Ibis, 
Hammam-Meskoutine in February 1906, and the species 
was seen by the former observer in 1910 and 1912 in the 
same locality. Harterfc also records Bonelli’s Eagle (Nov. 
Zook xviii. p. 534) from the same place, so that I feel 
pretty sure of my identification. 
Irby's Haven (Corvus corax tingitanus) was also occasion¬ 
ally seen in pairs. 
Crested Larks are very plentiful on the cultivated lands, 
and they seem to love particularly the grassy strips left on 
either side of the dusty main roads. It is a dark race, as 
might be expected, which frequents this district, known as 
Galerida theklce harterti. 
I can only add two species (by name) to the list of 
Hammam-Meskoutine birds recorded by Rothschild, Hartert, 
Wallis, and Jourdain, one being Moussier’s Redstart ( Diplo - 
otocus moussieri). On two occasions I saw a male, of this 
unmistakable species, once close to the “ Petritied Arabs,’ 5 
the huge cone-shaped deposits of calcareous tufa, which are 
such a remarkable sight close to the boiling waterfall, and a 
single bird was seen on higher ground when Mr. Sc la ter and 
I. were out riding on the 21st of February. The other bird, 
which I believe has not previously been seen, though Hartert 
heard it, was the Barn-Owl. Just as we were leaving on the 
26th of February, my attention was called to a tree in the hotel 
garden in which a number of Bulbuls were making a tre- 
mendous noise. On approaching I found they were mobbing 
a Barn-Owl, which, I believe, from its very white breast, 
to have been Tyto alba alba. The. Bulbuls were keeping a 
very respectful distance from their unwelcome visitor, ex¬ 
tending their tails and wings, which they kept in a constant 
state of motion, while twittering and scolding incessantly. 
The Barn-Owl is evidently a rare bird in Algeria. Only 
once did I see a bird during my stay at Hainmam which 
really puzzled me. I was forcing my horse along a moun¬ 
tain path in the direction of Roknia, through particularly 
thick scrub, when I saw something running under a bush. 
Pushing the horse towards it off the track, I managed to 
flush a bird, which might have been a glorified quail. It 
