CO Mr. H. Saunders on the Birds of Southern Spain. 



Seville in April; it is also mentioned by Seoane as having occurred 

 near Granada. 



14. Pandion HALI.EETUS. " Aguila pescadora." 



I have frequently observed the Osprey near Malaga in winter, 

 also at Gibraltar, where Lord Lilford informed me that he found 

 the nest in June 1869, in a crag overhanging the sea, and di- 

 stinctly saw with a glass both young and parent birds. 1 was 

 therefore not surprised at finding its nest on the 20th May of 

 this year on the aforesaid Island of Dragonera. It was a huge 

 structure, nearly three feet thick, placed on a projecting crag some 

 700 feet above the sea. The female was evidently sitting close; for 

 she settled down on the nest whilst we were gazing at it ; and as 

 half an hour previously I had shot a young female of that year, 

 it is probable that in southern countries two broods are some- 

 times reared. From recently received information I think it may 

 also nest in the w^oods of the Goto de Donana near the sea-coast. 



15. Perxis APivoRUs. "Gavilan;" Valencian, " Pilctero.^' 

 Very abundant in ]\Iay on the passage northwards, the regu- 

 larity in the date of its appearance being remarkable. On 

 the 9th of May 18G8, a friend in the Gaitanes, who possessed a 

 stuffed specimen which he saw me examining, observed that they 

 were just due ; and the very next day at noon, as we were return- 

 ing from taking the young of Aquila honelli, many hundreds 

 passed over. On referring to an old note-book I find that on 

 the evening of 9th' May, 1863, whilst walking out to Europa 

 Point at Gibraltar, I observed many hundreds crossing the Strait, 

 and, having a powerful glass, I could make them out distinctly. 

 Roosting that night in the Cork wood, they would be due in the 

 Gaitanes as near noon on 10th May as possible ! I never heard 

 of its breeding. 



16. CiRCAJiTUs GALLicus. *' Aguila melion." 



Abundant in winter in the marshes, and by far the commonest 

 breeder in the wooded districts, where it invariably selects a tree 

 for its nest, wherein it deposits one large white egg. 



17. IIali^etus albicilla. 



Rare : I saw one specimen obtained near Cadiz in winter. 



