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nest is approached — a loud angry "gik" is the m3st 

 common. 



4. PoLioPTiLA DUMicoLA. Bush-loving Fly-snapper. 

 Not uncommon in certain parts of the monte, chiefly 



among moye, tala, holly^ and other bushes and trees. In 

 a moye at a spot frequented by a family party, from which 

 I shot a male and a young bird on 6th February, I found a 

 nest which I believe belonged to them ; it was nearly round, 

 with an irregular rather large hole in one side, and was formed 

 of moss and a little wool. I cannot say whether these birds 

 left in autumn, but I met with them as late as 17th March. 

 These little birds have much the same habits as the Long- 

 tailed Tit. They go in family parties, creeping and flitting 

 about the thorny trees and flying one after another to the 

 next tree, uttering a note very like one of those of the above- 

 named Tit; another note resembles the feeding-call of the 

 Blue Titmouse. 



5. Troglodytes furvus. Brown House-Wren. 



A very common resident, met with alike about houses 

 and buildings, among the masses of huge boulder rocks, and 

 here and there in the monte. It has just the manners and 

 customs of the British Wren ; is just as active, as noisy, and 

 as ready to pour out the vials of its wrath. But it is a more 

 beautiful bird, having a lovely warm vinous flush on the 

 delicate pale brown of the underparts ; it is also more 

 elegant in appearance and does not erect its tail so much ; 

 finally, it has a much better song. This is sweet, beginning 

 with a few grating notes and then going off into a run of 

 remarkably sweet, full notes — the latter part reminding one 

 strongly of a good Warbler's song. The local name is 

 Ratonero. 



6. Anthus correndera. Cachila Pipit. (Plate V. fig. 1^ 



egg.) 



This is one of the commonest birds, and, from its habit of 

 frequenting the barest and most open parts of the campo^ is 

 known to some English residents as the " Camp-bird.'" 

 They prefer the high-lying parts of the camp and breed in 



