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market suspended by the neck in bunches, and in company with 

 Finches, Larks, and Buntings. 



33. fTuRDus TORQUATUs, Linn. Ring-Ouzel. " Metro de 

 peito branco." 



Said to be very rarely seen in Portugal. 



Cinclus aquaticus, though rare, is unhesitatingly asserted to be 

 found occasionally in the northern and eastern districts. 



34. tOftiOLUS GALBULA, Linn. Golden Oriole. " Papa- 

 fyos." 



Very common in summer, though (strange to say) it had not 

 arrived when I left the country in the middle of May ; and yet 

 in the more northern and much colder district of the Riviera, in 

 North Italy, it had arrived at that date when I was wintering 

 there some years back. 



35. t^ccENTOR MODULARis (Linn.). Hedge-Sparrow. 



By no means common, and, so far as I could discover, does 

 not enjoy the privilege of a Portuguese name. A. alpinus (Gmel.) 

 has been met with but rarely. 



36. *Erythacus rubecula (Linn.). Redbreast. " Pisco 

 de peito ruivo." 



Common here as in most parts of Europe. 



37. fR'UTiciLLACYANECULA (Meyer & Wolf). Blue-throated 

 Warbler. " Pisco de peito azul." 



This is pronounced by Prof, du Bocage to be a rare bird in 

 Portugal ; but perhaps it would be better described as sparingly 

 distributed over the country, for I heard of it in various quarters. 

 The only two specimens in the Museum at Lisbon have a white 

 spot in the centre of the blue throat, without the faintest tinge of 

 red, which is characteristic of the true R. sv£cica (Linn.) . 



38. *RuTiciLLA TiTHYS (Scop.). Black Redstart. " Rabi- 

 ruiva." 



I did not meet with our Common Redstart, R. phoenicura 

 (Linn.), alive or dead ; but R. tithys I saw continually ; indeed, 

 in the very heart of the crowded city of Lisbon I often watched 

 it on the house-roofs below my windows in the loftily situated 

 Hotel Braganza. 



