.1.81< Captaiu H. Lynes — Bird-notes 



of the species on the mountain was lower clown in the ilex 

 zone ; while the more elevated cork woods among the " foot- 

 hills," such as those hctween Ronda and Grazalema, were, 

 perhaps, as favourite a locality as any. 



Sierra Nevada. — The timber in our district being unsuit- 

 able, the species could hardly have been expected, and was 

 not seen. 



[One specimen — a female from near San Cristobal — was 

 obtained on IMarch 22nd; 1910. This is much like English 

 specimens, but the white spots on the secondaries, cspeci- 

 allv those on the outer webs, are markedly smaller than 

 those in D. in. major or D. m. angliciis, while the crimson 

 on the abdomen and under tail-coverts is very brilliant. 

 The under parts are rust-coloured. The wing measures 

 133 mm., and the first primary is 1 mm. longer than the 

 longest primary-coverts. The bill is short (19 mm. from 

 nostril to tip), and is thin and tapering like that of Z). m. 

 angJicus. not so thick and blunt as that of I), m. major. — 



H. F. ir.] 



CucuLUs cANORus. Cuckoo, 



The Cuckoo was heard at 6000 ft. in the Sierra Nevada 

 on April 30th and ^lay 1st. 



Bubo bubo. Eagle-Owl . 



An Eagle-Owl Avas heard calling in the evening of 

 IMarch 23rd at about 2800 ft. on San Cristobal, but the 

 species docs not seem to be a lover of great altitudes, as 

 we never saw or found traces of it elsewhere in the Serrania 

 dc Ronda, except in the foothills, where it was not uncommon, 

 and not at all in the Sierra Nevada. 



Falco peregrinus. Peregrine. 



The onlv Peregrine we observed in the Sierras was a sinjrle 

 bird at the Penones de San Francisco (8500 ft.) on May 1st. 



Having spent several hoiirs at this collection of crags, we 

 can confidently say that it was not breeding there, and was 

 probably engaged in hunting a pair of Red-legged Partridges 

 which had passed with hurrying wings and disappeared in 

 the mists a few moments earlier. 



