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on the gronnd and had, as a rule, a few hairs in the lining. 

 It was once noted on migration, on 3 April. The Wood- 

 Wren (PIu/lloscopus sihilatrix) was not observed. 



Turdus V. viscivorus. 1 cJ ; 1 juv. 



Resident in small nnmbers in the cork-woods at 

 Almoraima. Young were seen abroad on 25 April. The 

 adult is much grejer, especially on the rump, than British 

 specimens. A juvenile shot in June compared with British 

 juvenile of the same age is much greyer both above and 

 below, being abnost devoid of any tinge of buff colour. 



Turdus p. philomelus. 1 ? . 



A winter visitor in small numbers. Latest date seen, 

 29 March. 



Turdus merula algirus. 2 c? ; 8 ? ; 1 juv. 



Resident. Man}^ however, migrate. In the middle of 

 July they collect in family parties, and in September were 

 very numerous in the woods behind Algeciras. Their 

 numbers gradually thinned until the middle ^f October, 

 when they were reduced to winter numbers. There was an 

 increase in March, but it was less noticeable. The wings of 

 two males measure 122 and 123 mm., the tails 120 mm. 

 Of eight females, wings 112 to 118 mm., tails 106 to 

 116 mm. 



[These are like the Algerian form, but if anything whiter 

 on the chin and with paler edgings to the feathers of the 

 underparts. How far north they extend we do not know, 

 but Blackbirds which I have seen from Portugal and other 

 parts of the Peninsula seem to be of the typical form, and 

 I cannot differentiate T. m, hispanice. — H. F. W.j 



Monticola solitaria. 



Resident, and passes through on migration in small 

 numbers. It was observed migrating in autumn on the 

 4th of October and again on the 22nd, and on spring- 

 migration many passed Gibraltar on 10 March ; only males 

 were seen. 



