470 Captain H. Lynes — Bird-notes 



from a pair on April 30tli indicated that nesting was only 

 in the preparatory stages. 



[Two males and one female were collected at San Cris- 

 tobal in April, and one male in the same month in the 

 Sierra Nevada. These specimens are intermediate between 

 P. a. ate)- and P. a. brita?inicus. The colouring of the 

 mantle is not so pure a grey as in P. a. ater, nor so olive as 

 in P. a. britannicus, but the rump is decidedly olive-brown 

 as in the latter, and the flanks and axillaries are more 

 golden-buff than in the typical form, and thus like those of 

 P. a. brita?inicus. The wings measure : c? c? (j", 61, 63, 65 ; 

 9 , 62 mm. ; they are quite as long as in P. a. ater, and 

 longer than in P. a. britannicus. The bills equal those of 

 P. a. ater, wliich are usually longer than in P. a. britannicus. 

 The single specimen upon which Mr. Nicholson based his 

 "vieine'' was no doubt an aberrant example. — H. F. IT".] 



*iEGiTHALUS CAUDATUS iRBii (Sharpe& Drcsscr) . Spanish 

 Long-tailed Tit. 



The Spanish Long-tailed Tit was met with in the foot- 

 hills, and was very likely overlooked in the woods on the 

 lower slopes of San Cristobal, which appeared quite suitable 

 for it. 



This species was not seen in the Sierra Nevada. 



* Regulus iGNiCAPiLLUS HixiCAPiLLUs (Temm.). Fire- 

 crest. 



San Cristobal. — The Fire-crest w-as seen up to 4500 ft. 

 in the piiisa[)0 forest, as well as among the woods of the 

 foothills. None were observed in the Sierra Nevada. 



Laxils senator. AVoodchat Shrike. 



\\ e were surprised to see a Woodchat in some ilex trees 

 at 6500 ft. in llie Sierra Nevada on April 30th, but tiie 

 species is of course ordinarily a bird of much lower altitudes. 



MusciCAPA HYPOLEUCA. Picd Flycatchcr. 



Sau Cristobal. — A single male Pied Flycatcher on migra- 

 tion was obtained in the pinsapal at 4800 ft. on April 23rd ; 

 testes still quite small. 



