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[41. Accentor alpinus (Gmel.), 'Alpine Accentor.' 



Rare. There is now in the Musenm of Lisbon a 

 single specimen of this species captured last year at 

 Cintra.] 



42. *Erytiiacits nubecula (Linn.), 'Redbreast,' Pisco de peito 



ruivo. 

 Common here, as in most parts of Europe. 



43. f RuTiciLLA CTANECULA (Meyer and Wolf), ' Blue-throated 



Warbler,' Pisco de peito aznl. 

 This is pronoimced by Professor du Bocage to be a rare 

 bird in Portugal, but perhaps it would be better described 

 as sparingly distributed over the country, for 1 heard of it in 

 various quarters. The only two specimens in the Museum 

 at Lisbon have a white spot in the centre of the blue throat, 

 without the faintest tinge of red, which is characteristic of 

 the true R. Suecica (Linn.). 



44. *RuTiciLLA TiTHYS (Scop.), ' Black Redstart,' Rahi-niiva. 



I did not meet with our common Redstart, R. ph.?;nicura 

 (Linn.), alive or dead, but R. tithys I saw continually; in- 

 deed, in the very heart of the crowded city of Lisbon I 

 often watched it on the house-roofs below my windows in 

 the loftily situated Hotel Braganza. 



45. *Saxicola rubicola (Linn.), ' Stonechat,' Cartaxo. 



As you traverse the country by railroad, from south to 

 north, {i.e. from Lisbon to Oporto); or from east to west 

 {i.e. from Lisbon to Badajoz or Evora), you would un- 

 doubtedly say that there is but one bird really abundant 

 in Portugal, and that is S. rubicola ; for you seldom look 

 from the carriage-windows but you see some of that species 

 perched on the telegraph-wires; and indeed it is extremely 

 abundant throughout the country. 



4G. *Saxicola rubetra (Linn.), ' Whinchat,' Cartaxo. 



47. *Saxicola (ENAnthe (Linn.), ' Wheatear,' Caiada. 



48. fSAXicoLA AURiTA (Tcmm.), 'Black-eared Wheatear,' Caiada. 



49. *Saxicola stapazina (Linn.), ' Russet Wheatear,' Caiada. 



