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Mr. WiTHERBY also exhibited the following birds collected 

 by Captain H. Lynes, R.N., in Spain in 1910 : — 



Two adult males of the Common Wheatear (CEnanthe 

 oenanthe), obtained on the 29th and 30th of April, in the 

 Sierra Nevada. Captain Lynes had found a number of 

 Wheatears from 4000 ft. up to the snow-line ; the males 

 were courting the females and the birds had every appear- 

 ance of being about to breed there, but no actual proof was 

 obtained. 



Mr. Witherby believed that the Common Wheatear was 

 not known to breed in the Peninsula south of the Canta- 

 brian Mountains. In these specimens the forehead had 

 more white than in typical adult birds in summer plumage 

 and the underparts were of a purer white, while the bills 

 in three males were large, measuring respectively from the 

 nostril to the tip 10, 10, and 11 mm. 



A pair of Coal-Tits {Parus ater vieirce) from San Cristobal 

 near Ronda and the Sierra Nevada, Mr. F. Nicholson 

 had described this form [Mem. & Proc. Manchester Lit. & 

 Phil. Soc. 1. pt. iii. no. 13, p. 16 (1906)] from a single 

 specimen obtained in Portugal, on account of the cinnamon- 

 rufous colour of its underparts. This peculiarity was no 

 doubt an individual one. Captain Lynes had collected four 

 specimens. Mr. Witherby thought that P. a. vieira might 

 be regarded as a local race, as in these specimens the colour 

 of the mantle and back was somewhat intermediate between 

 P. a. ater and P. a. britannicus, the rump was decidedly 

 olive-brown as in P. a. britannicus, and the flanks and 

 axillaries were more golden-buff than in typical specimens. 

 In three males the wing-measurements were 61, 63, and 

 65 mm., and the bill was as long as that of P. a. ater. 



A pair of Nuthatches (Sitta europcea minor, Brehm) 

 obtained at Sierra de Gredos near Madrid, on the 11th of 

 June. Dr. Hartert had referred to this bird (Vog. pal. 

 Fauna, i. p. 332, footnote), but had been able to examine 

 one specimen only. Captain Lynes had collected two adult 



