86 Mr. W. 0. Tait on the Birds of Portugal. 



a rock, or on wing when flying from one rock to another, 

 shivering with its wings, as is usual with birds when they 

 sing on the wing. Its song is pleasing and melodious. 



8. MoNTicoLA CYANUS (Liuu.) . " Merifela," Pinhao ; 

 *' Melro fragoeiro," Douro ; " Melro lapeiro/' Caldas 

 de Aregos ; " Melro azul,'^ Coimbra ; '' Solitario/^ Alemtejo 

 and Algarve. 



Common on the rocky banks of the river Douro, above 

 Melres. I have seen a specimen obtained at Villa Real ; and 

 it is met with at Coimbra, where, according to Dr. Jose Maria 

 Rosa de Carvalho, it is not very common. In April of 1884, 

 I saw two of these birds on the banks of the river Guadiana. 

 Resident. 



9. CiNCLUS AQUATicus. " Mclro peixeiro,'^ general name; 

 " Melro do rio," river Minho. 



Common and resident on the rivers and streams in moun- 

 tainous localities, especially in the north of Portugal. It 

 appears on some of the tributaries of the Mondego, and on 

 this latter river east of Coimbra. The young follow the 

 parent for some time, and it is interesting to see the latter 

 dropping from a boulder into the water, to reappear very 

 soon with an insect for its expectant youug. 



10. Saxicola (enanthe (Linn.). '^Tanjarro,^^ Peniche; 

 " Caiada,^^ " Rabo branco,^^ Coimbra and Estremadura. 



I have met with this species from May till the 17th 

 October on rocks near the sea-shore, as at Lavadoz (southern 

 side of the mouth of the Douro), Peniche, &c. ; also on the 

 mountainous serras, in stony and desolate places. Rare 

 near Coimbra. Summer migrant. 



11. Saxicola ALBicoLLis, Vieill. " Tanj-asno/^ Algarve ; 

 " Coelva," Abrantes. 



So far as I am aware, this species has not been met with in 

 the north of Portugal ; at all events, it is not found near 

 Oporto or Coimbra. There are specimens in the Lisbon 

 Museum from Penamacor and Barranhos, and I saw and ob- 

 tained specimens in the Algarve, where it prefers the plains. 



