594 Bird Notes from Southern Spain. [Ibis, 



Caprimulgus r. ruficoUis. 1 c^ ; 1 ? . 



Breeds in small numbers : first observed 26 April. 



Last seen 12 October. 



Merops apiaster. 



Summer visitor : it arrived both years on 11 April. In 

 autumn was first seen migrating on 10 August, and many 

 flocks were noted migrating by day on 14 September. 



Alcedo atthis ispida. 



Seen on autumn migration on 30 August, and odd birds 

 observed both on the seashore and on the stream in Septem- 

 ber and October. In spring only once noted, viz., on 

 22 March. 



Glareola pratincola. 



A small colony ol: about twelve pairs was found near 

 Ta[)atanilla at Laguna de la Janda. Two nests had eggs on 

 2 May. One had two eggs somewhat incubated. This is 

 a very early date. 



Totanus maculatus. 



One was seen on the seashore on 30 May in company with 

 a Sanderling. 



Charadrius a. alexandrinus. ^^ & ? . 



Breeds in f;iir numbers l)etween the rivers opposite, and 

 :ilso on the seashore to the north o£ Gibraltar. 



Calidris arenaria. 1 S • 



One shot on 30 May showed no sign of breeding. It had 

 lost a leg, and so probably had not migrated. 



Podiceps fluviatilis. 



One struck the aerial at the north front, Gibraltar, on 

 7 October. 



Alectoris rufus intercedens. 2 ? . 



Commonly distributed. 



[These are paler and of a greyer brown on the upper-parts, 

 and especially on the rump, upper tail-coverts, and central 

 tail-feathers, than birds from northern Portugal, and this 

 confirms Harterf's conclusions (see Nov. Zool.xxv. p. G3). — 

 H.F.W.] 



