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66. Lanius meridionalis, Temm. " Picanso real/' Alpi- 

 ar9a and Santarem ; " Picanso baccoreiro/' Abrantes. 



Resident, but very local, and nowhere abundant. Nests 

 in the Serra d'Estrella and at Abrantes on small trees, and I 

 have met with it in the Alemtejo. During winter some 

 appear near the sea-coast, as is the case with several other 

 birds which frequent the serras in summer. 



Q7. Lanius collurio (Linn.). 



The only specimeu of the Red-backed Shrike which has 

 been obtained in this country is one which I shot on the 9th 

 June, 1882, on the island of Conguedo, in the river Minho. 

 The nest Avas also found in a bramble-thicket, from which I 

 had disturbed the bird when building. 



68. Lanius POMERANUS, Sparrman. ''Pardalreal,'' Arcos; 

 " Pintaloporco," Villar Cha da Maia ; " Picaporco,'' Oporto, 

 Penafiel; " Tanjasno,'' Penafiel ; '' Tanjarro,'" Melres ; ''Pi- 

 canso barreteiro,'"* Traz os Montes ; " Carapucjo/' " Picanso/' 

 Abrantes, 



The Woodchat arrives in April, nests in pine and other 

 trees, and generally departs about the end of August, but 

 specimens have been obtained in September and as late as the 

 5th of October. Very abundant in summer in and near 

 woods all over Portugal, and is decidedly the dominant 

 Shrike of the country. 



69. MuscicAPA grisola. "Trallnio/' Traz os Montes, 

 Caldas d'Aregos, Penafiel ; " Papa moscas,'' Oporto. 



In May I have seen this species at Melres, near Oporto, 

 and on the 3rd of June, 1884, I found a nest with four 

 eggs in Quarteira pine-wood, near Faro, Algarve, where I 

 saw many of these birds. It is local and by no means com- 

 mon in this country during summer ; but in autumn large 

 numbers arrive on passage through the woods along the sea- 

 coast near Oporto, and may be seen flitting silently from 

 one tree to another catching insects. They usually arrive 

 at the end of August or beginning of September, and have 

 departed by the third or fourth week in October. 



