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84 SYLVIIDiE. 
84. Accentor collaris (Scop.) . The Alpine Accentor. 
I have only seen this bird at the back of the Rock at 
Gibraltar in winter. I shot one on the 1st of February, and 
saw others on the 26th of the same month in 1870. Mr. J. 
H. Gurney, jun., who was passing through Gibraltar, was 
the first to notice it at the signal-station. There was a 
specimen in an Instituto at Seville ; and no doubt it is found 
on all the high rocky ground, though I could not meet with 
it on the Sierra del Nino or elsewhere. 
85. Accentor modularis (Linn.). The Hedge-Accentor. 
M. Favier did not include this bird in his list of Moorish 
birds, merely mentioning it as occurring near Gibraltar, having 
met with it during his '^ triste sejour " in that place, in No- 
vember. I have seen specimens from the African side of the 
Straits. On the Spanish side it is found in winter. I have 
shot it in the Cork- wood in January ; but it is not common. 
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_^ 86. Sylvia salicaria, Gm. The Garden- Warbler. 
" Found near Tangier, on passage to Europe, in April and 
May, returning in October, when it is nearly as plentiful as 
the common Whitethroat." — Favier. 
The Garden- Warbler mostly arrives during the middle of 
April. I first observed one on the 10th. The latest I saw was 
on the 7th of October. They nest around Tangier and in the 
Cork- wood, laying about the 10th of May, and are brought 
into the market at Gibraltar as "becafigos/' later in the 
season, like most of the genus, they are great devourers of figs. 
87. Sylvia atricapilla, Linn. The Blackcap. 
" Is nearly as common as S. melanocephala about Tangier, 
being seen on all sides during migration, passing north in 
January and February, returning in October. Many remain 
to nest.'''' — Favier. 
The Blackcap is to be seen during every month in the year, 
but is, of course, most common in February and October. 
They sometimes nest on the E-ock, always plentifully in the 
Cork- wood. I have seen the young fully able to fly on the 
