576 Mr. J. H. Stenhouse : [Ibis, 



also ocCcasionally the case in the typical bird ; the bill is 

 decidedly deeper, and this is perhaps the best character. — 

 H.F. W.] 



Sturnus vulgaris. 



Not observed either winter. Its usual raigration route 

 must lie farther to the westward. 



Sturnus unicolor. 



A pair seen in Almoraima Cork Woods on the Gth of June 

 were probably nesting. They are very uncommon. Capt. 

 Congreve found a nest with two fledged young on 30 May 

 in the same district. 



Oriolus 0. oriolus. 



A common summer visitor, first seen 23 April, on which 

 day several were noted migrating at El Valle, west of Tarifa, 

 having apparently just crossed the Straits. 



Last observed on 6 September. 



Chloris chloris aurantiiventris. 2 c? ; 1 ? . 



Breeds. Its numbers are greatly increased in late October 

 and November, when a heavy toll is exacted by bird-catchers 

 on the passing migrants. The return journey was not much 

 in evidence ; a small flock of both sexes was seen 28 April at 

 Sierra Retin, and a female struck the Europa lantern on the 

 same date. The autumn migrants of this species passed 

 during the day. It has seldom been recorded as on passage 

 at night. 



Coccothraustes c. buvryi. I (J ; 2 ? . 



Not uncommon, but difficult to observe. 4 males had 

 wings ranging 98 to 101 mm., and 2 females 92 and 96 mm. 



[The two females match female examples of C. c. hiiniyi 

 exactl}^ and are very much paler and greyer than any 

 examples of the typical form, but the males are somewhat 

 intermediate in colour. The differenceSj however, between 

 this and the typical form are always n)ore marked in the 

 female. The size is slightly large for C. c. huvrijl. — H. F. W.] 



Carduelis c. weigoldi. 2 (^ ; 2 5 ; 1 juv. 

 Resident. Many migrants come south in October and 

 remain during the winter, when large flocks are met with 



