578 Mr. J. H. Stenhoiise : [Ibis, 



found towards the end o£ April. A pair evidently breeding 

 was seen in the Almorainia Cork Woods on 6 June. Wings 

 of two breedino- males measured 75 and 77 mm., and of one 

 breeding female 75. 



Emljeriza calandra. ^ . 



Common and resident, breeding not only on the lower 

 ground but well up the hillsides in rough scrub, and also 

 occasionally in the cork-woods. At the end of June the 

 males became silent. They were heard again in song on 

 11 December. 



Emberiza cirlus, 1 (J ; 2 ? . 



Common and resident. In the winter they were not 

 observed in flocks to the same extent as in the eastern 

 Mediterranean. 



Emberiza c. cia. 1 r? ; 3 ? . 



Breeds in considerable numbers on the Queen of Spain's 

 Chair, coming comparatively low down. A male was seen 

 on 11 January and a female was shot on 7 November, but 

 the bird is only casual in winter. The only evidence obtained 

 of autumn migration was on 21 September, and in spring a 

 female was seen at Gibraltar on 2 March, with other migrants, 

 after an east wind. This bird is recorded as being single 

 brooded, but in all probability two broods are at times reared : 

 young fully fledged were found on 14 May, and fresh eggs 

 at the beginning of June. The position of the nests found 

 varied : one was in a rock crevice, another at the foot of a 

 small bush, while three were about two feet off the ground 

 and well concealed in thick heather. 



Emberiza hortulana. 



Only once observed, namely, on 2 May, when a female, 

 apparently on passage, was seen at Laguua de la Janda. 



Alauda a. arvensis. 1 ? . 



Migrant and winter visitor. First observed 22 October, 

 when one struck the aerial at Gibraltar. Noted in flocks at 

 the end of October ; they remained till March. 



