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interest beyond a nest of the Nightingale, Luscinia megarhyncha , 

 with one ^^g. I observed several Turtle Doves, Turtur communis, 

 and also a number of Bee-eaters on the telegraph wires. 



On the 29th I rode out to the pinewoods with M . Many 



Azure-winged Magpies, Cyanopica cooki, were nesting in these woods, 

 generally in little colonies of half a dozen or more pairs. The 

 nests were in the forks of small pine trees of a height of from 10 to 

 25 feet, and were composed of pine twigs, moss, bark strips, &c., 

 with a layer of loose dry, powdery, earth, and lined with wool and 

 hair, there being a deep cup-shaped hollow. The sets varied 

 from five to seven eggs in number and were all fresh. Near by the 

 first colony I got my first nest of the Black Kite in a small pine. 

 It was a rough nest of sticks, and contained, as lining, two pieces of 

 white rag and a fiattened-out Goldfinch's nest. Farther on we 

 found two more nests, each with two eggs, and both lined with 

 rags, one only having some small pieces inside but a long piece 

 hanging down about 2 feet outside, where it had caught and been 

 left by the careless bird. 



On our v/ay home a man took us to a nest of the Raven in a 

 big pine and was positive it was occupied by a pair of birds, but 

 on sending him up to the nest he brought down five handsome 

 eggs of the Common Kestrel. The nest had certainly been newly 

 lined by the Ravens and contained some grains of maize. This 

 day we observed several Hoopoes in the olive plantations. 



Next day we rode out to the Cotos again. We found a nest 

 of the Common Buzzard in a 30-feet pine with one nestling and 

 one addled egg, also several more nests of Black Kite, all with 

 eggs and lined with rags, except one, which had a lining of horse- 

 dung and other rubbish. A Booted Eagle, HieracEtus pennatus, 

 was flying round in one part of the woods and we found what proved 

 to be the last year's nest, but it contained two eggs of the Common 

 Kestrel. Another set of four eggs of this species was also taken 

 from an old Kite's nest. Several Snake Eagles, Circalus gallicus, 

 were seen, and we found one new nest ready for eggs, a quill feather 

 of the eagle being on the ground at the foot of the tree. The flight 

 of this eagle is very leisurely and frequently it quarters the ground 

 like a Harrier. A Golden Oriole was calling in one part of the 

 forest. 



The 29th was devoted to searching the more or less barren 

 Cotos for nests of the Spanish Raven, Corvus corax hispanus. We 



