468 Captain H. Lynes — Bird-twtes 



evidently just completed their moult, but whereas one 

 appears to liave the two central tail-feathers new and also 

 perhaps some secondaries, the other has these feathers much 

 ^YOYn.—H.F.W.] 



Anthus PRATENsis. ]\Ieadow-Pipit. 



Anthus TRiviALis. Trcc-Pipit. 



Neither Meadow- nor Tree- Pipits were met with in the 

 Sierras. Our visits were probably too late to expect the 

 former, as Mediterranean winterers make an early move 

 north, and the latter was only observed on passage tlirough 

 the lowlands during the first half of April. 



MoTACiLLA BOARULA. Grey Wagtail. 



San Cristobal. — On March 22nd a single male in almost 

 complete summer plumage was seen at the base of the moun- 

 tain. This may have been a breeding bird, but during the 

 summer the upper waters cannot be sufficient for breeding 

 j)urposes. 



[N.B. — I found two nests in the Sierra de Jerez (about 

 3000 ft.) on April 19th and 22nd in a former year.— ^. C] 



Sierra Nevada. — In the valleys of the Monachil and its 

 tributary burns in the "^ middle zone " the Grey Wagtail 

 was quite plentiful. Nests were found building and nearly 

 readv for es:ffs. 



"BS^ 



*Certhia brachydactyla ultramontana Hart. Tree- 

 Creeper. 



San Cristobal. — The Tree-Creeper was plentiful among 

 the pinsapos, where a pair were seen completing their nest 

 in a very rotten tree at 4800 ft. It was also met with in 

 the cork woods of the foothills, but was unknown in the 

 Goto Donana. 



[A female specimen procured at San Cristobal on April 

 29th, 1910, compares well with the type of this form. — 

 H. F. TV.] 



Sierra Nevada. — Not met with and not likely to exist in 

 our district, the tree-growth being either too small or too 

 voung. 



