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CERTHIIDJE. 



63. Certhia familiaris, Linnaeus. The Tree-Creeper. 



Spanish. Barba-jelena, Trepa-troncas, Aranero. 



The Tree-Creeper is resident and common in the Cork-wood 

 and in the valleys near Algeciraz, nesting in April. 



A single specimen was shot near Tangier about the 20th of 

 April, the only one I heard of on the African side. 



Bill slender, curved downwards, and pointed. Above brown, spotted 

 with paler brown ; below white. Tail graduated or cuneiform, reddish 

 brown, with stiff points. Length 5 inches. 



64. Tichodroma muraria, Linnaeus. The Rock-Creeper. 



I have never met with this bird, which is recorded from near 

 Antiquera, Gaitan, and the Sierra Nevada, and is stated to have 

 been seen at Gibraltar many years ago. 



General colour slate-grey ; all the primaries, except the first three, 

 crimson on the basal half of the outer web ; throat black in summer, white 

 in winter ; bill as in last, but longer in proportion. Length 6 inches. 



TROGLODYTID.E. 



65. Troglodytes parvulus, K. L. Koch. The Wren. 



Spanish. Cucito, Katilla. 



" Resident near Tangier, and numerous, nesting from March 

 to June. Some are migratory, arriving in November, and leaving 

 again in February." Favier. 



The above remarks equally apply to the Wren on the Spanish 

 side, where they are most abundant, nesting very early ; and I 

 have seen young fully able to fly on the 26th of April, and they 

 are resident on " the Rock." 



It is very curious that this little bird should be a resident in 



