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On the Spanish side of the Straits, I have seldom met with 
the Wryneck near Gibraltar, and only in March and Sep- 
tember ; probably their line of migration lies further to the 
east. 
Order PASSERES. 
Family Turdid^. 
61. TuRDUs Musicus, Linn. The Common Thrush. 
Spanish. Zorzal. 
Favier^s note applies to this bird on both sides of the 
Straits, and is as follows : — " The Song-Thrush is a winter 
resident in great numbers, being the most common of the 
Thrushes, arriving in large flocks in October and November, 
departing in March." They chiefly frequent the wild olive- 
trees, on the berries of which they feed. The first date of 
arrival noticed at Gibraltar was the 22nd of October; and the 
latest day on which I observed them was the 1st of April. 
62. TuRDUs viscivoRus, Linn. The Missel-Thrush. 
Spanish. Charla (Chatterer). 
" Found near Tangier, always singly and very sparingly in 
company with T. musicus, on passage. They arrive in 
November but do not stay near here, returning to recross the 
Straits in February .^^ — Favier. 
The Missel-Thrush cannot be said to be common near 
Gibraltar, being most so in winter. They are considered to 
arrive and depart with the Woodcocks ; but they occasionally . 
(as in 1870) remain to nest in the cork-wood, where I also saw 
a pair on the 4th of April 1871, and again in the end of April 
1874. 
63. TuRDUs PILARIS, Liuu. The Fieldfare. 
Is not mentioned in Favier^s list, and is therefore no doubt 
of very rare occurrence in Morocco. I obtained one speci- 
men from there, a curiously plumaged young bird, figured and 
described in Sharpe and Dresser's ' Birds of Europe.' On the 
Spanish side of the Straits I never met with it. 
