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



Phcenicurus p. phcenicurus. 1 c? . 



A bird of passage first noted on 24 March ; a male struck 

 the lantern on 6 April. Much more abundant on autumn 

 mioration. First seen 6 September, during the remainder 

 of that month and throughout October it was much in 

 evidence ; last observed 29 October. 



Phcenicurus o. gibraltariensis. 1 c? . 



Winter visitor and bird of passage : not observed breeding 

 near Gribraltar. In autumn first noted on 25 October. In 

 the spring the first movement noted was on 28 February ; 

 by 23 March the winter visitors had gone : the only record 

 after 26 March was a belated female seen 8 May. 



Erithacus r. rul)ecula. 1 (J ; 4 ? ; 1 ? 



Migrant and winter visitor. At the beginning of October 

 they were very abundant in the woods behind Algeciras, the 

 males being in full song. Most of these passed on, but 

 during winter they were common. The return journey took 

 place in March and early April. One female struck the 

 Europa lantern on 23 March. 



Erithacus r. witherbyi. 3 c? ; 4 ? . 



The breeding form is a rare bird behind Algeciras, only 

 two pairs being noted. At Almoraima in the danip sotos it 

 is much more plentiful, but still cannot be called common. 



[The Robins from Algeciras are puzzling but must, I 

 think, be of the Algerian form, though they may belong to 

 the Moroccan E. r. atlas, as they are very slightly darker 

 and less olivaceous than E. r. loitherhyi. The difference is, 

 however, very small, and the Moroccan form may possibly 

 prove not separable when birds in fresher plumage than 

 those which Capt. Lynes obtained are collected. — H. F. W.] 



Luscinia megarhyncha. 1 S • 



Abundant summer visitor. First noted on G April : 

 their departure in autumn was not observed. 



Cyanosylvia suecica cyanecula. 2 (^ ; 2 ? . 

 Irby records this bird as rare in this neighbourhood, and 

 gave it as his opinion that it passed farther to the eastward. 



