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them to be sound fruit. Owing to the mischief they thus do, 
they are not favourites, and consequently are more timid 
near Tangier than about Larache, where I shot some of them. 
I was informed that they do not nest till the end of May, 
and so had no opportunity of studying their nesting-habits. 
In the end of April, near Larache, they were evidently not 
then nesting ; and, as at Tangier, all those which 1 saw were 
near gardens and villages. 
This Bulbul certainly does not occur in the western part 
of Andalucia ; I have tried everywhere for it. If found any- 
where, the coast near Tarifa would be the most likely ground ; 
but in the orange-groves there, the Spaniards, when I asked 
if there was a bird like the " mirlo " which ate oranges, 
simply looked at me as if I was more " loco '' than the 
generality of " los Ingleses " (who, in their opinion, are all 
mad), and disclaimed any knowledge of a "naranjero^' in 
the shape of a bird of such size. The Great Titmouse, how- 
ever, they say eats oranges. 
71. Cbateropus FULvus, Desfont. The Algerian Babbling 
Thrush. 
This Babbler is mentioned by Mr. Drake as occurring in 
the southern part of Morocco, but does not appear ever to 
have come under Favier^s notice in the northern part. 
72. Saxicola (enanthe, Linn. The Common Wheatear. 
Spanish. Culiblanco, Ruiblanca : but these names apply to 
all the Wheatear s. 
" This is the most common of the " Traquets,'' except the 
Stonechat and Whinchat, but is only seen near Tangier on 
migration in small flights during March and April, returning 
in September." — Favier. 
It is abundant, but seen only on passage, in Andalucia. 
First noticed on the 4th of March in 1870 ; a single male 
bird at Tangier, on the 26th of March in 1874 ; many seen 
near Alcala del Rio, on the 4th of April ; again passing in 
numbers at Gibraltar, on the 12th of April. Wheatears 
were plentiful near Casa Vieja at the end of October and the 
