2.22 Mr. H. Saunders on the Birds of Sunt hern Spain. 



178. CORVUS CORXIX. 



Of rare occurrence ; I have only seen two specimens. 



179. CoRVUS FRUGILEGUS. 



An occasional autumn visitant, especially after rains. 



180. Pica melanoleuca. " Marica," " Urraca.'^ 

 Abundant in the wooded districts, especially in the Cotos, 



and near Aranjuez, but very local. Its nests, the favourite re- 

 sort of Oxyhphus glandarius, are almost as often placed in 

 bushes as in high trees. 



181. Cyanopica cooKi. " Mohmo,^^ " Rabilargo." 

 Though local, is extremely abundant in the wooded districts, 



becoming rare in such cultivated portions, to the east, as Valencia 

 and Murcia. It breeds in small colonies, making a nest some- 

 what like that of a Jay. I once found seven eggs in one nest ; 

 but the usual number is five or six. So far as I am aware, the 

 Great Spotted Cuckoo never selects the nest of this bird for her 

 eggs. 



182. NUCIFRAGA caryocatactes. 



I am induced to give this bird a place by the following re- 

 marks kindly forwarded to me by Lord Lilford. " Major Irby 

 saw one at Cordova, said to have been killed there ; and it is men- 

 tioned by Captain Cooke Widdrington as observed in Estrema- 

 dura. Not common, but w^ell known in Aragon.^' Captain 

 Cooke Widdrington noticed one pair, which were very wild, near 

 Espiritu Santo, not far from Almaden, which brings them within 

 my limits. I never saw the bird myself, though Lopez-Seoane 

 mentions it as " rare in the Pine-woods of the Sierra Nevada in 

 May." 



183. Garrulus glandarius. " Arrandajo," " Cabezon." 

 Abundant in all wooded districts, exce|)t those south of 



Seville, where I never met with it. Near Granada and further 

 north it breeds plentifully. 



184. CoLUMBA palumbus. " Paloma-torcaz." 



Swarms in winter, a tolerable number remaining throughout 

 the year. 



