188 Mr. W. C. Tait on the Birds of Portugal. 



month the last have taken their departure. I have not seen 

 them on their migration northwards. 



62. Anthus campestris (Linn.). 



The Tawny Pipit arrives in the spring and remains till the 

 end of summer on the scrras and high ground. I have seen 

 it on the serra behind Melres and also near Abrantes ; and 

 Dr. Carvalho tells rae that it nests on a serra near Coimbra. 



63. Anthus spipoletta (Linn.). 



The first Water Pipits appear in the neighbourhood of 

 Oporto about the beginning of October in the marshy meadows 

 on the banks of streams near the sea. They remain till 

 March, in which month the breast-feathers assume the slight 

 rosy tint of the nuptial plumage, when they take their 

 departure for their honey-moon to the Pyrenees. On one 

 occasion I saw a bird of this species on 11th July, 1880, 

 at Mattosinhos, near Oporto ; perhaps this was a bachelor. 



64. Anthus obscurus (Lath.). 



There is a specimen in the Lisbon Museum thus named, 

 and some Pipits which I have seen on the sandbank at the 

 mouth of the Douro seemed to me to be dark enough to be 

 this species ; but as I was not able to obtain a specimen 

 I cannot be sure. 



65. Oriolus galbula. " Papa-figo/^ general name ; 

 " Figo louro/' Melres ; " Maranteu," Villa Real ; " Marel- 

 lante," Bragan5a; " Bartolomeu/' Coimbra Museum. 



The Golden Oriole is rarely seen near Oporto, and mostly 

 on passage ; but I am told that one pair nested at Villar, a 

 suburb of Oporto, in 1883. One was observed by me on the 

 7th September, 1879, at the mouth of the Douro, and some 

 have been seen at Entrc Quintas. About twelve miles up the 

 Douro, in the neighbourliood of Melres, it is common during 

 the summer months, and in many other localities in Portugal, 

 as for instance, on the banks of the Minho, near Monsao, in 

 the Alto Douro, Riba-tejo, Alemtejo, and Algarve. It is 

 rather a local bird. 



