222 SPECIES NOT SEEN BY THE AUTHOR. 
may be resident and overlooked in consequence of the exact 
locality they frequent having been unvisited. 
1. Haliaetus albicilla, Linn. The White-tailed or 
Sea-Eagle. 
Recorded as having been obtained near Cadiz. 
Possibly this Eagle may nest on the coast where there are 
any cliflPs suitable to its habits. 
2. Picus MEDius, Linn. The Middle Spotted Woodpecker. 
This Woodpecker is recorded from Murcia, and^ having 
been stated to be common in Portugal, is very probably to be 
met with in Andalucia. 
In this species both sexes, when adult, have the crown of 
the head vermilion, the belly and tail-coverts rose-colour, the 
back being much as in Picus major. 
Total length 8*5 inches, tarsus 0'8. 
3. Picus minor, Linn. The Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. 
This diminutive species was first recorded from Aranjuez 
by Lord Lilford {vide Ibis, 1866, p. 183). 
Total length 5*2 inches. 
4. Sitta c^sia, Wolf. The Common Nuthatch. 
This bird (our British Nuthatch) is stated by Mr. Saunders 
to be common near Granada. Lord Lilford mentions it as 
common to the north of Madrid, near La Granja. 
The distinctive marks of the species are its dull brown legs 
and cinnamon -coloured underparts. 
Total length about 5| inches. 
5. Sitta neumayeri, Michah. 
Sitta syriaca auctorum. 
Mr. Saunders mentions having seen this bird and its nest 
near Archena. It is a rock-haunting Nuthatch ; and hitherto 
the most western locality from which it has been with certainty 
recorded is Dalmatia. In size this species about equals Sitta 
