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



27. MiLVUs ATER. " Milano Negro." 



This species, which does not remain throughout the winter, 

 breeds a full fortnight later than the preceding, and the first 

 week in May a patch of wood of an acre or two will certainly 

 yield upwards of a score of eggs, it being a sociable bird. Even 

 when nesting somewhat apart, it has always a colony of Spanish 

 Sparrows to keep it company. The usual number of eggs is two. 



28. AsTUR PALUMBARius. " Azor," " Gavilau." 



Eare in Andalucia; but in the pine forests of the Segura it is 

 not uncommon, and specimens are to be seen in most Museums. 



29. AcciPiTER Nisus. "Gavilan," "Cernicalo," Valen. 

 "Esparver." 



Generally distributed, breeding in the wooded hills, especially 

 near Granada, whence I have obtained eggs. 



30. Circus iERUGiNOsus. " Milano," " Arpella." 

 Abundant all over Spain, it positively swarms in the marshes 



of the Guadalquivir. Specimens in my collection, selected fi'om 

 a large series, run somewhat smaller and darker than the average 

 from Northern and Eastern Europe. 



31. Circus cyaneus. " Cenizo." 



By no means so abundant in the south as the preceding, 

 chiefly occurring in winter. 



32. Circus cineraceus. " Cenizo." 



Resident throughout the year, and tolerably numerous. The 

 generality of males in my series are dark, and two are absolutely 

 black ; they are also smaller than specimens from the north. 



I can find no confirmation of Dr. Breeds statement, probably 

 copied from Degland, that Circus pallidus occurs plentifully in 

 Spain. I never saw a specimen, even in the east of that country, 

 or the Balearic Islands. 



33. Strix flammea. "Lechuza." 



Resident throughout the year, and common everywhere. 



34. Syrnium aluco. 



Not uncommon in the higher wooded districts ; but I neither 

 saw nor heard it in the Cotos. 



