192 A SPRING TOUR IN PORTUGAL. 



21. f Scops giu (Scop.), ' Scops Owl,' Moclio peqveno. 



Tliouf!;li by no means rare, does not appear to be so plen- 

 tiful as I should have expected. 



22. tAsio OTUS (Linn.), ' Long-eared Owl,' Mocho. 



Common in all wooded districts. How this species, of all 

 others, came to receive the designation oi Mocho is wholly un- 

 intelligible to me, the meaning of that word being 'cropped,' 

 Mis^horned,' though possibly it may allude to its power of 

 depressing its horns at will. Asio ]5RACHyotus (Linn.) is 

 also well known, and even abundant in some parts, but I 

 did not chance to see a specimen, alive or dead. 



23. fSxRix FLAMMEA (Linn.), ' ^Miite Owl,' Coruja das torres. 



By far the most abundant of all the Owls, 



24. fSYRNiUM ALUCO (Linn.), ' Tawny Owl,' Coruja do mato. 



Better known in the wild districts of Alemtejo than else- 

 where, but nowhere common. 



25. jAthene noctua (Retz.), 'Little Owl,' Mocho. 



Professor du Bocage in his catalogue a})pends the following 

 observation to this bird : — ' E frequente entre nos a varie- 

 dade meridionalis de Schlegel.' 



26. "fLANius MERIDIONALIS (Temm.), ' Southern Gray Shrike,' 



Picanso. 

 This is the common greater Shrike of Portugal, though 

 L. ExcuBiTOR, also called Picanso, is known to occur there. 



27. *Laxius auriculatus (P. L. S. Mliller), ' Woodchat-Shrike,' 



Picanso. 

 Extremely common, though not distinguished from its larger 

 congeners by any name peculiar to itself. Of some examples 

 which I sent to Mr. Tristram for examination, that gentle- 

 man writes — ' they are dark in colour, darker than Algerian, 

 but not darker than Palestine specimens.' 



28. *MusciCArA grisola (Linn.), 'Spotted Flycatcher,' Taral- 



hao, Papa-moscas. 

 Common everywhere. 



