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Tlicse four species arc all common, tliongli by no means 

 so abundant as S. rubicola. With regard lo a sffccimen of 

 S. STAi'AZiNA which I shot and brouglit home, Mr. Tristram 

 remarks, — ' It is in an interesting stage of plumage, not 

 having yet assumed the bright russet head of the breeding- 

 j)lumagc, but being in the winter state, in which I never 

 saw a European specimen ; but I have them in tliat stage 

 from Africa.' 

 50. ^'Philomela luscinia (Lhm.), 'Nightingale,' Rouxinol. 



Though I cannot with truth assert, as some have done, 

 that I have been kept awake all night, at Cintra, by tlie 

 chorus of Nightingales which throng the lovely gardens and 

 coppices of that much-lauded retreat of the Lisbonites in hot 

 weather, yet I can say that I have listened to those birds in 

 greater numbers there (unless it be on the banks of the 

 Lima in ^Minho), than I have ever known elsewhere. 



51. ISylvia atricapilla (Linn.), 'Blackcap,' Tutinegra real. 



52. -j-Sylvia cinerea (Lath.), ' Common Whitethroat.' 



53. f Sylvia curruca (Lath.), ' Lesser Whitethroat.' 

 5 L f Sylvia hortensis (Gmel.), ' Garden Warbler.' 



55. f Sylvia melanocephala (Gmel.), ' Sardinian Warbler,' Tuti- 

 negra dos vallados. 

 These five are all said to be common, and abundant in 

 summer. I also heard of S. conspicillata (Marm.), ' Spec- 

 fcicled Warbler,' as undoubted, though only as an occasional 

 visitor. 



[56. Sylvia sub-alpina (Bonelli), ' Sub-Alpine Warbler.' 

 Appears to be most common in the southern provinces. 

 There are specimens in the Museum from Algarve.] 



[57. Sylvia orpiiea (Temm.), ' Orphean Warbler.' 



Less common than S. atricapilla or S. melanoce- 



PHALA. 



Here, too, I must enumerate two species of Warblers 



which, though undoubtedly more or less common in 



summer, as I was assured they are, find no place yet 



in the Museums, and therefore cannot be included in 



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