20G Mr. H. Saunders on the Birds of Southern Spain. 



61. MUSCICAPA COLLARIS. 



A fine adult male of this species attracted my attention in 

 the Pasco of San Telmo, at Seville, in March 1868. Guirao 

 states that in Murcia it remains throughout the summer, but is 

 not very abundant. 



62. MUSCICAPA ATRICAPILLA. 



Common in spring, breeding at Aranjuez, and possibly near 

 Granada, and other cool sites. 



63. Erythrosterna parva. 



Seoane states that a specimen was obtained at San Roque in 

 1857, which passed into his collection. A friend, who knows 

 the bird thoroughly, informs me that a single bird used to 

 come to his veranda at Utrera each November, remaining till 

 March. He added that it hawked for insects exactly like our 

 common B.grisola. Other individuals frequented other gardens 

 and patios ; but it did not appear to be a sociable species. 



64. BuTALis GRisoLA. " Papamoscas,^' " Pinata." 

 Abundant from spring to autumn, breeding in the intense 



heat of Malaga, whence I have nest and eggs. 



65. Lanius meridionalis. " Alcaudon real.'" 

 Generally distributed, ranging as far north as Aragon ; but, 



owing to its shy nature, it appears rarer than it really is. I 

 have found its nests in much the same places as the Missel 

 Thrush would have chosen, about halfway out on a bough of 

 some tree whose name I forget, though its thorny character is 

 fi'csh in my memory. One I found, and fi'om which I had seen 

 the bird fly off, was so immediately over my track that, pulling 

 up my horse, I proceeded to inspect its contents, standing up 

 on the saddle ; unfortunately, the horse moved on before I was 

 ready, and I was left like Absalom. 



I never observed Lanius excubitur in any part of Spain, nor 

 do I recollect a specimen in any local collection. Guirao does 

 not give it in his list ; and although it may be of occasional 

 occurrence on the east coast, I have no positive proof that such 

 is the case. 



