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66. Lanius minor. 



This species occurs in the east of Spain ; but Guirao considers 

 it very rare even there. Lord Lilford informs me that he once 

 observed it in Andalucia ; but I have never had similar good 

 fortune, nor amongst hundreds of eggs of L. auriculatus which 

 have been brought to me were any which could be attributed to 

 it on suspicion. 



Lanius collurio may also occur ; but I never obtained it, and 

 Guirao omits it from his list. 



67. Lanius auriculatus. " Alcaudon."^ 



Arrives at the beginning of April, and is everywhere abun- 

 dant, its nests being a perfect nuisance. Even on the mud 

 flats, right out on the beach, at the mouth of the Ebro, where 

 there is scarcely a bush five feet high, I found this ubiquitous 

 Shrike flitting from spray to spray. 



68. Lanius nubicus. 



I i-ecognized this bird in Spain in May, 1863, on the prickly- 

 pear hedge near the neutral ground at Gibraltar. It puzzled 

 me at first by its thoroughly Shrike- like habits, though uttering 

 at the same time a feeble but not unpleasing song. I watched 

 it with a powerful binocular for about half an hour, and noted 

 down its coloration &c. on the spot. 



Telephonus tschagra, assigned to Spain, I never met with, 

 dead or alive. It is not found in any list, and Lopez-Seoane 

 laughs at Temminck and Degland on the subject. 



69. Regulus cristatus. 



A regular winter resident, and may possibly be found through- 

 out the year about the higher wooded districts. I have ob- 

 served it near Granada in March, and in the Pine-woods on 

 the coast in February. 



70. Regulus ignicapillus. 



The only place where I have seen specimens is the island of 

 Majorca, where I was informed that it was not uncommon. 



71. tEgithalus pendulinus. 



I never found this species in the marshes of Andalucia ; but it 

 is found near Valencia, breeding in the Albufera and at Sueca. 



