444 Rev. A. C. Smith on the Birds of Portugal. 



very small — I presume, a female ; I have, however, one as small; 

 and this bird varies in size to a remarkable degree." 



68. *Galerita CRisTATA (Linn.). Crested Lark. "Cotovia." 

 Very common everywhere. Of this species Mr. Tristram 



says : — " Your G. cristata, though not darker than Algerian 

 lowland- and marsh-specimens, is certainly darker than those 

 from France and Palestine.'^ 



69. *Emberiza miliaria, Linn. Common Bunting. "Tri- 

 gueirdo." 



Exceedingly common, and figures in bunches in the market- 

 stalls at Lisbon more than any other species. Mr. Tristram 

 writes of it : — " It is rather darker than continental specimens, 

 more nearly approaching the English." 



70. *Emberiza cirlus, Linn. Cirl Bunting. " Cia," 

 " Cicia." 



Very common. Mr. Tristram's verdict, upon an examination 

 of my specimen, is, that " the yellow is extraordinarily deep." 



71. IEmberiza CIA, Linn. Meadow-Bunting. " Tri- 

 gueiro." 



Said to be very common in the northern provinces of Por- 

 tugal ; but I never met with it in those parts. 



72. fEMBERiZA scHCENiCLUs, Linn. Reed-Bunting. 

 This is a rare bird in Portugal, and very seldom seen. 



Still stranger does it appear that E. citrinella, Linn., our 

 common Yellow Hammer, and E. hortulana, Linn., the Ortolan, 

 so abundant in southern Europe, though conjectured to appear 

 in Portugal occasionally, and therefore added to the Portuguese 

 list, are not positively known to have occurred there, and have 

 never been identified in the country. 



73. *Eringilla ccelebs, Linn. Chaffinch. " Tentilhdo." 

 Very common. 



74. t^RiNGiLLA MONTiFRiNGiLLA, Linn. Brambliug. "Ten- 

 tilhdo montez." 



This truly northern species is seldom found so far south, but 

 has been occasionally met with in Portugal. 



