Days' Nesting in Andalucia. 73 



Emberiza miliaria. 



Numerous in cultivated districts. Fresh eggs April 16th; 

 others on May 6th were slightly incubated. 



Galerita cristata. 



Exceedingly common on the corn-landsj and found breeding 

 right np to the edges of the so-called " mountains." Many 

 nests were seen, from April 14th to the last day of our 

 stay, with fresh eggs. The Crested Lark was often sitting 

 on three eggs, but we took some nests with four and a few 

 with five. 



Melanocorypha calandra. 



Common; more so in the large grass-fields near the river 

 than on the cultivated land. We found a few nests from 

 May 5th onwards ; one on May 20th contained four young 

 and two infertile eggs. This bird is easily distinguished 

 on the wing from the other Larks seen in the same locality, 

 not only by its size, but by the white edgings of the 

 secondaries, which are very conspicuous in flight. 



Sturnus unicolor. 



Local, but very numerous in certain districts. From 

 a large pigeon-house I took sixty eggs, and could have 

 collected as many dozens had I wished, for the birds were 

 there in swarms, and had driven the pigeons away to such an 

 extent that the owner meditated their destruction. On 

 April 26th most of the nests had sets of six or seven eggs very 

 slightly incubated. The note seemed to me to be much 

 softer than that of our bird, but in habits and mode of nesting 

 I could see no difl:erence. 



Whilst on the subject of Starlings, I may mention that last 

 winter several thousand dozens of S. vulgaris were netted on 

 the Island of Tarfia, and the skins sent to Paris, where they 

 fetched 2\d. each ! 



Cyanopica cooki. 



Common in the pine-woods. The first nest was found on 

 April 24th, and contained six fresh eggs; but general laying 



