294 Capt. Lyiies on the Ornitliulugy [Ibis, 



mod. u. For. Arrived before Spotted Flyc. First N. 5 e. d. 

 27.5. Second N. 6 e. 8 d. 4.6., etc. N. in holes, ilex, 10-30 ft. 

 Dry grass, finer lining ditto, no Imirs or feathers, slight, e. like 

 atricapilla [6 = max. clutch]. Koisy, notes loud and varied, one 

 reminding of Bee-eater; another, plaintive "pipe-song" some- 

 thing like rich Robin song, seemed (|uite difl". to British Pied 

 Flyc. Racial characters very cleai'. 



Phylloscopus bonellii bonellii (Vieill.). (Bonelli's Warl^ler.) 

 Coll. 3 6 ad. 3.5. to 16.5. ; $ ad. + N. 5 e. 2 d. 1.6, ; N. 5 e. 1 d. 

 27.5. S. abd. 1. m. For. ; mod. u. For. Jnv. ab. not till near 

 July. Can watch 5 on to nest like Wood-Wren, note and all 

 (call note mixture of Wood- and Willow-Wren). 



Wood-Wren [absent S.] ; but one, prob. sibilcUrix, M. 

 seen 25.4. 1. For. 



Phylloscopus trochilus trochilus (L.). (Willow-Wren.) 

 Coll. 2 ad. 6.5. ; 1. For. M. r. In beautiful fresh plu. 



Hippolais polyglotta. (Melodious Warbler.) 



Coll. d ad. 16.5.; ^ ad. + juv. ab. 24.6.; N. 4 e. 3 d. 7.6.; 

 N. 3 e. 3 d, 23.6. and others. S. abd. base to Plat, edge where 

 bushes. Arrived about 3.5. 



Orphean Warbler [absent]. 



• Sylvia atricapilla atricapilla (L.). (Blackcap.) 



Coll. 2 6 ad. 10.6.; ad. $ + juv. ab. 8.7.: N. 3 e. d. 8.6. 

 S. mod. 1. in. For. Arrived first week May. Like many southern 

 individuals, these incline to dark tint, vide Hart. Vog. Pal. 



Sylvia communis communis Lath. (Whitethroat.) 



Coll. d ad. 15.5. ; 2 ad.-hN. 5 e. 2 d. 29.5. ; juv. ab. 5.7. S. 



nom. all alts, up to Barrens. Other K. found. Arrived first 



week May. 



Sylvia conspicillata. (Spectacled Warbler.) 



All through May watched a d at juniper scrub on side of an 

 Azrou mamelon, singing and doing best to breed without a mate! 

 Come June he gave it up and disappeared. Only one seen. 



Sylvia cantillans inornata Temm. (Subalpine Waibler.) 

 Coll. d ad., 2 :i<i- "l<>-">-; 2 ad. 25.0.; d ad. -|- juv. ab. 18.6.; 

 N. 4 e. 2 (1. 7.6. ; N. 4 e. 7 d. 23.6. S. mod. base. Arrived 

 about 1.5. Eggs handsome red blotch and s}iot type. The Avhite 

 moustache of d almost absent is a noticeable field character. 



