400 Captain II. Lyncs — Bird-nofes 



A few words as to ways and means for the benefit of those 

 who wonld make farther investigations in these parts. In 

 the Sierra Nevada explorations of any magnitude cannot be 

 undertaken without considerable preparation and fore- 

 thought; its chief ornithological treasures lie remote from 

 roads and even the smallest " ventorillos." Our own 

 researches were carried out from a substantial farm-house 

 at GOOO ft., accommodation in which we owe to the kind 

 introduction of the late Mr. Davenhill, II.B.M.'s Yiee- 

 Cousul at Ciranada. 



With San Cristobal, however, it is quite a dift'ercut thing. 

 A few hours by rail and plentifully supplied with hotels and 

 fouilas, Konda is the most couveuicut starting-point. Here 

 mules can be hired for the transport of baggage, and the 

 "caballero" himself can cither walk or ride the 15 miles of 

 charming and varied country to the village of Grazalema, 

 Avhich lies at the base of San Cristobal itself. Grazalema 

 has a capital little " posada,"" from which daily expeditions 

 about the sierra can be made, or if one is prepared to rough 

 it in a mild way, remembering that the nights even at the 

 cud of April are often bitterly cold, a camp can be established, 

 preferably among the [)iusapos. There are plenty of springs 

 of water alive at this time of the year. Such an expedition is 

 well within the scope of a few weeks' absence from England 

 or a single week from Gibraltar, and apart from the mere 

 pleasure of the outing, is one which can scarcely fail to prove 

 satisfactory to the ornithologist. The cost will be little more 

 than the travelling ex])enscs, for at Grazalema one lives for a 

 few pesetas a day. 



In the following list the nomenclature is given ac- 

 cording to the '• Rules of the International Commission on 

 Zoological Nomenclature." It has been thought best to 

 treat the birds of which no specimens were brought home 

 binomially, as the subspecies to which they may have 

 belonged cannot be definitely ascertained without specimens. 

 It was not found possible to collect specimens of many of 

 the " resident '' birds and this was still more unfortunate, 



