242 Capt. S. G. Reid— Winter 



1. TURDUS VISCIVORUS. 



In Mr. Tyrwhitt-Drake's '' List of the Birds of Tangier 

 and Eastern Morocco " (Ibis, 1867, p. 426) tliis species is 

 included in a bracket with T. musicus and T. merula as " very 

 common ; " but Col. Irby (Ornith. Gibr.) merely quotes from 

 Favier's MS. to the elFect that it occurs near Tangier " always 

 singly and very sparingly, in company with T. musicus en 

 passage ;" and though I have paid several visits to Morocco, 

 I never met with it there. I think therefore that the words 

 " on passage " or " during migration '' should have been 

 added in Mr. Drake's list; for though a pair remained to nest 

 near Tangier (tlie nest, with two eggs, having been taken) in 

 the spring of 1884, this was looked upon as a most unusual 

 occurrence by Favier's successor, Olcese, who showed me 

 the eggs as great rarities. 



2. TURDUS MUSICUS. 



Very common in the wild olive-trees everywhere. 



3. TuRDUS ILIACUS. 



Very rare, apparently. Favier only obtained two speci- 

 mens (Irby, op. cit. p. 74). Olcese showed me another, killed 

 near Tangier in the winter of 1884-85. 



4. TuRDUS MEKULA. 



Common everywhere. 



5. Pratincola rubicola. 

 Abundant in all suitable localities. 



6. RUTICILLA MOUSSTERI. 



Olcese has a specimen obtained near Tangier in May 



1884-^. 



7. Cyanecula wolfi. 



Recorded by Mr. Tyrwhitt-Drake as '' not rare," but only 

 obtained four times by Favier. I found these birds wintering 

 in considerable numbers on the rushy margin of the lake of 

 Masharalhaddar, my attention being first called to them 

 by their lively movements and by the peculiar way in which 



* [Saunders has received examples from tlie same localit}^ — Eod.] 



