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111. Melizophilus provincialis 



1 obtained at the same time and place as the last species, and often 

 heard its familiar "Pit-it-it-chou/' close to the city of Murcia, 

 the gardens and orchards of which it frequents in winter. 



112. Melizophilus sardus. 



I only once observed this species, for which I had long been- 

 on the look-out ; and that was near Palma, the capital of Majorca. 

 I had been working the partially drained marsh of El Prat, and 

 was sitting down at the edge of a belt of Pines intermixed with 

 Cistus-scrub, when I heard a note resembling that of a diminutive 

 Dartford Warbler, which proceeded from a small greyish bird a 

 few yards from me. It soon came more fully into view, and for 

 some minutes I watched its movements, which were similar to 

 those of its congener, both with my glass and with the naked 

 eye ; then, having fully identified ray species, I drew back to 

 such a distance as not to blow my small friend to pieces, and 

 raised my walking-stick gun. This time, of all times, it missed 

 fire, and the startled bird plunged into a thicket, from which I 

 could never dislodge or trace it. At the island of Dragonera, 

 where von Homeyer observed it, I was not equally fortunate. 



113. Phyllopneuste sibilatrix, \ 



114. Phyllopneuste trochilus, i- 



115. Phyllopneuste rufa. j 



Observed in autumn and winter in Andalucia; but none 

 remain to breed. 



116. Phyllopneuste bonelli. 



Appears in spring and remains throughout the summer. 



117. Ficedula polyglotta. " Carisalero." 



Very abundant, nesting throughout the country. I have not 

 been able to identify more than this species, but am strongly 

 inclined to think that F. iderina is also found near Malaga. 



118. Chloropeta olivetorum. 



There is an undoubted specimen in the museum at Valencia, 

 on the strength of which I insert this species ; but from other 

 evidence I have no doubt that it breeds abundantly near Malaga. 



