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82. Troglodytes parvulus. " Ratilla.^' 



Not uncommon in the wooded hills, but I never discovered 

 its nest. 



83. CiNCLUS AQUATICUS. 



Frequents the higher mountain-streams, but is nowhere 

 numerous. My specimens from the Sierra Nevada appear to be 

 of the ordinary type; but two I have received from Santander, in 

 Asturias, are C. melanogaster, which is, I believe, also found in 

 the Pyrenees. 



A word with regard to what should be the next in my list, 

 Ixos obscurus. There is no bird I have tried harder to obtain, 

 taking out an Algerian specimen, and showing it to all my 

 friends in Spain, but without result. Certainly Lopez-Seoane says 

 that one specimen was obtained at Jesus del Valle, near Granada, 

 in June 1858; but it is not in the museum there, nor in any 

 other collection in Spain, so far as I am aware. This Bulbul, 

 if it ever abounded in Spain, as French naturalists would have 

 us believe, must have followed the Moors out of the country ; 

 and there is a certain mournful fitness in the " last of the Bul- 

 buls" expiring so near to the " last sigh of the Moor," a site 

 with which all visitors to Granada must be acquainted. 



84. TuRDUS MERULA. " Mirlo." 



Very abundant, and resident throughout the year. The eggs are 

 much brighter in colour than the majority of British specimens. 



85. TuRDUs TORQUATUs. " Chirlo." 



Observed in the Sierra Nevada, where it undoubtedly breeds, 

 descending to the low country in autumn and winter in flocks. 

 However, I have lately received nest and eggs from Colmenar. 



86. TuRDus Musicus. " Zorzal." 



Very abundant in winter, but retires northward in March. 



87. TuRDus viscivoRUS. " Charla." 



Far less numerous than the preceding, but breeds in the bills. 



88. TuRDUS PILARIS. 



This species certainly does occur in winter in the south- 

 east of Spain ; but in the country round Mdlaga and Seville I 



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