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first part of November, being last seen on the 13th of that 
month. I have a note also of observing six or seven in the 
middle of the Bay of Biscay on the 9th of October, when 
they settled on the steamer, keeping with us till night. 
73. Saxicola albicollis, Vieill. The Eared Wheatear. 
According to Favier, this bird is less common than Saxicola 
stapazina near Tangier, but is met with in the same way. 
Near Gibraltar they appeared to me to be the most frequent, 
and were first seen there on the 3rd of April, 1870, when I 
noticed several ; and on the 15th of March, 1872, I saw one. 
I noticed a single bird at Tangier on the 14th. 
It nests on the Queen of Spain's Chair, laying about the 
first week in May. They build a loosely constructed nest 
among stones and rocks, very often in the same situations as 
the Blue Thrush. The eggs are light blue, with a zone of 
brown spots at the large end. 
74. Saxicola stapazina. Lath. The Russet Wheatear. 
'' Passes near Tangier during March and April, returning 
in September. Is the most frequent after the Wheatear, 
with which bird they travel.'^ — Favier. 
Is in Andalucia apparently less common than the Eared 
Wheatear, perhaps because they frequent higher ground ; at 
least I have noticed them more about mountain-tops. They 
nest about the same time as that species, which they resemble 
in habits, nest, and eggs. 
75. Dromol^a LEUCURA, Gm. The Black Wheatear. 
Spanish. Sacristan. 
This bird is merely named as occurring near Tangier in 
Favier's MS.; and though it does occur in Morocco, I did 
not see any. On the Spanish side it is a common and con- 
spicuous bird at Gibraltar, where it is to be seen throughout 
the year ; elsewhere it is migratory, arriving in March, and 
only found on bare rocky ground. The nest is sometimes in 
clefts of rocks, so deep in as to be unobtainable. I knew of 
two or three at Gibraltar in various years. 
Mr. Stark took a nest on the 25th of April, near Gibraltar, 
