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they elevated their tails when settled oa the ground, I 

 obtained one or two specimens for identification, and saw 

 many others, only finding them, however, among the rushes 

 and reeds near the water's edge. 



8. Erithacus rubecula. 



Common. I was rather surprised to meet with this bird 

 in the thickest parts of the "sotos" in the Laraish valley, 

 where the water was over a foot deep under the tangled 

 bushes. 



9. Sylvia melanocephala. 



Numerous in the wild olive-groves and in the cork- scrub 

 on the hills. 



10. Melizophilus undatus. 



Not uncommon in the thick scrub at the foot of the hills. 



11. Phylloscopus rufus. 



Common in the stunted cork-trees on the hills and in the 

 groves of wild olive-trees round the " santos " or tombs, so 

 frequently met with in Morocco. 



12. Phylloscopus trochilus. 



Obtained in the " sotos " in the Laraish valley. 



13. Cettia sericea. 



Commonly heard, not often seen, in the thick clumps of 

 bushes in the '' sotos," or wooded swamps. 



14. Cisticola cursitans. 

 Very common. 



15. Parus teneriff^. 



Common, especially in the olive-groves at Aiacha. 



16. Parus major. 



A small gathering among some large tamarisk-trees in the 

 Laraish valley. Not observed elsewhere. 



17. SiTTA c^.sia. 



Olcese obtained five or six specimens from the ^' montaiias," 

 or low hills, near Tangier. These are the first recorded 

 from Morocco, where neither Mr. Tyrwhitt-Drake nor Col. 

 Irby observed them. 



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