473 Captain H. Lyiies — Bird-notes 



with in tlie lowlands^ the former apparently as a migrant 

 only, passing between mid-March and mid^May, thougli a 

 single male singing on jNIay 7th may have been a breeding 

 bird ; the latter as a summer visitor* 



Sylvia ATRiCAPiLLAi Blackcap. 



Liiic tlie Sardinian Warbler, though differing in being 

 mainly a summer visitor, the Blackcap does not affect the 

 Sierras. We found it breeding up to the extreme base of 

 both Sierras, but no higher. Great numbers northward 

 bound also passed through the lowlands during March, males 

 and females at the same time, but as a rule the parties were 

 composed of one sex only. 



Sylvia communis. Common Whitethroat. 



Andalucia is presumably one of the AYhitcthroat^s most 

 southerly breeding habitats, so that one would haidly expect 

 to find the species nesting in any quantity. A pair seen on 

 April 22nd, and again at the same place on the2(5th, by their 

 actions Avere certainly breeding at the base of San Cristobal 

 ('■2500 ft.), as were two examples seen in the Sierra Nevada 

 at 4500 ft. and GOOO ft. respectively. 



In the lowlands a few Inrds, probably also breeding, were 

 seen in May. ^Many had passed through on migration 

 during the first three weeks of April. 



Sylvia melaxocephala. Sardinian Warbler. 



The Sardinian Warbler is not really a Sierran bird ; on 

 San Cristobal 3000 ft. was the highest range noted, and the 

 species was not met m ith at all in the Sierra Nevada. 



■^Sylvia caxtillans cantillans (Pall.). Subaljnne 

 Warbler. 



The Subalpine Warbler Avas not met with in the Sierras, 

 and was scarce even in the lowlands, which seems curious, 

 since it is quite a plentiful breeding species near Huelva and 

 <"he lower (xuadiana, 



