in two A/i.duIucian Sieri'as. 473 



Sylvia conspicillata. Spectacled Warbler. 



In the Sierras^ as in tlie lower ground, the Spectacled 

 Warbler is a very local bird ; for instance, there weie 

 three different pairs breeding (apparentl}' with young on 

 April 24th) in a fifty-acre patch of undulating stony soil, 

 scantily clothed with scrub, at 3000 ft. on San Cristobal, 

 and these, with one exception, were the only representatives 

 of the species seen by \is during the wdiole season. 



Sylvia undata, Dartford Warbler. 



The Dartford Warbler in Andalucia, as well as in other 

 parts of the Mediterranean area, seems to afl'ect almost 

 exclusively that loose (as opposed to dense) growth ot! 

 gorse, Cistus, " Cantueso " * and other small shrubs which 

 one soon gets to recognise as being a favourite haunt 

 of most of the small warblers in those parts, and in the 

 case of the present species with a somewhat remarkable 

 disregard of altitude. From 4500 ft. on San Cristobal 

 down to the Coto Donana at sea-level, w^e found the species 

 breeding where the proper sort of "" ground " existed. We 

 did not note the species in the Sierra Nevada. 



Agrobates galactotes. Rufous Warbler. 



We were too early for the Rufous Warbler at San 

 Cristobal ; but during our stay in the Sierra Nevada 

 (April 28tli-May 3rd) it began to arrive. On May 3rd a 

 male was singing in the bush and pine-tree district of the 

 middle zone. 



TuRuus viscivoRus. Mistle-Thrush. 



San Cristobal. — The Mistle-Thrush was not met with, but 

 several were seen in the cork and ilex woods of the " foot- 

 hills '^ just below. 



Sierra Nevada. — One or two w^ere seen among some 

 scattered ilex trees at 7000 ft., near the limit of tree- 

 growth. 



The species evidently breeds in both the above localities. 



* [Cautueso is a kind of wild tbyuie : quite tall — A. C] 



