Days' Nestiay in Andalucia. 69 



Mr. Buck for his kinduess in allowing me to stay at the 

 celebrated Goto Doiiana, 



Saxicola albicollis. 



Only one pair seen ; the nest, in a hole in a bank, was 

 composed of roots and lined with fine grass ; it contained 

 five fresh eggs on May 10th. 



Pratincola rubicola. 



An early breeder, full-fledged young were found on 

 April 14th ; incubated and fresh eggs up to April 18th. 

 Stonechats were very abundant at first, but towards the 

 end of May most of them had disappeared. 



DaULIAS LUSCINIA. 



Very common : the first nest was found on May 12th, 

 and young were seen on the wing on May 28th. 



Sylvia melanocephala. 



Common ; fresh eggs from April 14th onwards. I never 

 saw more than four in a nest, and these were subject to 

 great variation. 



Sylvia orphea. 



Common ; fresh eggs from May 10th. The nests were 

 placed from 10 to 15 feet from the ground, in olive and other 

 trees, generally at the extreme end of a bough ; they were 

 slight in construction, and were made of coarse grasses lined 

 with finer materials. Two nests contained three incubated 

 eggs each, one had seven that were fresh. 



Melizopiiilus undatus. 



The Dartford Warbler is fairly numerous in suitable 

 localities, and is an early breeder. On April 14th we found 

 four eggs slightly incubated ; on April 15th, four and three 

 hatching; on May 1st, four fresh (possibly the first nest 

 had been destroyed). I do not think that this species breeds 

 twice, as we never saw eggs again. Three out of these four 

 nests contained red-spotted eggs; the male was incubating 

 in two cases and the female in one. The nests were well 

 made, rather deep, and in every case placed in dead gorse. 



