1 92 1.] Bird Notes fi'oni Southern Spain. 591 



and during winter only a very occasional bird was seen. At 

 that season of the year, they are very common in the snipe- 

 marshes at Laguna de la Janda. They return to the wheat- 

 fields about the end of March. The local name for this bird 

 is " Tumanavilla." 



[Fantails from various parts of the Spanish Peninsula are 

 like the northern African birds, and these must all be called 

 Cisticola c. cisticola, those from other parts of Europe 

 ((7. c. harterti) being distinguished by their buffer and less 

 grey colour (see Ball. B. 0. C. xl. p. il9).— H. F. W.] 



Prunella m. modularis. 1 c;^ . 



An uncommon winter visitor ; three only were seen. The 

 bird obtained has the wing-formula of the so-called 

 occidentalis, which subspecies I am unable to distinguish. 



Troglodytes t. kabylorum. -^ S , 1 ? : 1 J"v. 



Judging by the number of nests found tliis bird is not at 

 all uncommon, but they are skulking and not often seen. 



[The upper-parts are decidedly less rufous than in 

 2\ t. troglodytes and like the northern African form, but the 

 underparts are considerably more barred than is usual in 

 T. t. hahylorum, though the bills are fine ns in that form. In 

 Portugal the typical subspecies is found. — H.F. W.] 



Muscicapa g. grisola. 1 S '■> 1 ? • 



First seen in 1919, 7 Mny, in 1920 on 5 May, and the 

 passage continued till 23 May. A very abundant nester 

 in the cork-woods. Autunni passage was prolonged : 

 during the latter half of September and the first week of 

 October, they were continually in evidence ; a single bird 

 was seen on 22 October. 



Muscicapa a. atricapilla. 1 ? . 



Seen only on passage. In spring a solitary bird was seen 

 on 14 February (the Gibraltar district seems to lie out of 

 the lino of its s{)ring migration). Two were seen on 4 May 

 at the Sierra Retin. In autumn it was common, being fir^t 

 observed 21 September, continually during October, and 

 last seen on 4 November. 



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