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We slept at Benamahoma on the 17th and went on to the Ridges 

 near Pinar next day, having added my friend of last year, Francisco 

 Chacon Rosa, to our party. We visited several Egyptian Vultures' 

 nests, but some were empty, while in two cases we completely failed 

 to find the nest holes in the broken wooded cHffs, although we 

 watched the birds go in, so cunningly is the nest hole often chosen. 

 Many Sub-alpine Warblers, Sylvia cantillans cantiUans, were about, 

 and we found one nest, but without eggs. 



The 19th I spent in the scrub near Grazalema and found one 

 nest of the Spanish Blackbird with three fresh eggs, and again, there 

 was no mud wall to the nest. I also found a newly completed 

 nest of the Sardinian Warbler. I observed one Woodchat Shrike, 

 some Crested Larks {Galerida cristata pallida, I believe), many 

 Swallows, all of which appeared to be pure white below, and several 

 pairs of Red-legged Partridge. Some small parties of Bee-eaters 

 also passed over, flying north, and uttering their liquid call. 



Next day I went shooting in the pass above the town. I tried 

 without success to shoot a Spanish Blackbird, but it is one of 

 the most wary birds in Spain and they flew shrieking to the cliffs 

 before I could get within shot. I secured a female Cirl Bunting on 

 the top of the mountain and also observed Spectacled Warblers, 

 Sylvia conspicillata, Sardinian Warblers, Crested Larks, one Rock 

 Thrush, Black-eared Wheatears, Linnets, Wrens and Meadow 

 Buntings, Emberiza cia cia. Another set of two Egyptian Vultures 

 was brought to me which had been taken from the cliff in the pass. 

 In the evening some boys brought in their hats three eggs of the 

 Black Redstart, Phxnicurus ochrurus gibraltariensis, and three 

 of the Black Wheatear, CEnanthe leucura, with the nests, but we 

 refused to take them, this being the only way to stop indiscriminate 

 and useless nesting by the local boys. 



On the 2ist we examined the cliffs close to Grazalema and found 

 an Egyptian Vulture's nest in a small crevice half-way up in a part 

 of the cliff inaccessible even to the goat boys who climb over most 

 of this cliff, nor could we find any practicable position from which 

 a rope could be used, as the cliff overhung the nest. We took 

 two sets of Black Redstart, a 3 and a 5, from crevices in thischff, 

 one at the foot and one half-way up. The nests were made of 

 moss, grass, wool, down, &c., hned with hair, but sometimes feathers 

 are used for the hning. McNeile also got one set of four Sardinian 

 Warbler's eggs in a tiny thorn bush. From a ruined house we 



