694 Captain P. W. Munn on flie [Ibis, 



<S9. Troglodytes t. kabylorum. Wren. 



Not very common, and extremely shy. It is a resident, 

 and its numbers do not seem to vary at all with the seasons. 

 They are generally found in the pine-woods near the shore, 

 and among the mountains, and more rarely among scrub on 

 the hillsides, in rocky gorges, and even on the desolate Cabo 

 del Pinar. Their nests are usually built quite near the 

 ground, among dense undergrowth against the trunk of a 

 pine-tree, in juni{)er and rosemary bushes, frequently in 

 clumps of palmetto and dense smilax thickets, and rarely 

 in clefts of the rocks. They are composed of moss, with 

 often a lot of seaweed, or the dry leaves of a very prickly 

 thistle, outside, lined with feathers and hair or palmetto-fibre. 

 I found one nest lined thickly with feathers taken from 

 the carcass of a Barn-Owl lying near. The eggs arc white, 

 with red spots of more or less intense colouring, but are 

 generally smaller than those of the British species. 



Obtained by v. Jordans, and Withcrby considers that 

 specimens he obtained belong to this form. 



90. Muscicapa striata. Spotted Flycatcher. 



A common summer visitor, arriving in the latter part of 

 April. They frequent chiefly the pine-woods among the 

 hills, as well as the olive orchards, and though these wood- 

 land birds are usually shy, those which frequent the vicinity 

 of houses become as tame and familiar as at home, and 

 frequently builil their nests in sheds, outhouses, and even in 

 the bouses themselves. 



Obtained by v. Jordans, who has named the bird AJ. s. 

 balearica. 



91. Muscicapa hypoleuca. Pied Flycatcher. 

 Obtained by v. Jordans. 



92. Muscicapa collaris. White-collared Flycatcher. 

 Included in v. Jordans' list on the authority of Barcelo. 



93. Hirundo rustica. Swallow. 



Fairly plentiful in summer ; the earliest arrivals \\ere 



