Days' Ntstiny in Andalucia. 69 
Mr. Buck for his kindness in allowing me to stay at the 
celebrated Goto Donana. 
SaXICOLA ALBICOLLIS. 
Only one pair seen ; the nest, in a hole in a bank, was 
composed of roots and lined with fine grass ; it contained 
five fresh eggs on May 10th. 
Pratincola rubicola. 
An early breeder, full-fledged young were found on 
April 14th ; incubated and fresh eggs up to April 18th. 
Stonechats were very abundant at first, but towards the 
end of May most of them had disappeared. 
Daulias luscinia. 
Very common; the first nest was found on May 12thj 
and young were seen on the wing on May 28th. 
Sylvia melanocephala. 
Common ; fresh eggs from April 14th onwards. I never 
saw more than four in a nest, and these were subject to 
great variation. 
Sylvia orphea. 
Common ; fresh eggs from May 10th. The nests were 
placed from 10 to 15 feet from the ground, in olive and other 
trees, generally at the extreme end of a hough ; they were 
slight in construction, and were made of coarse grasses lined 
with finer materials. Two nests contained three incubated 
eggs each, one had seven that were fresh. 
Melizophilus undatus. 
The Dartford Warbler is fairly numerous in suitable 
localities, and is an early breeder. On April 14th we found 
four eggs slightly incubated ; on April 15th, four and three 
hatching; on May 1st, four fresh (possibly the first nest 
had been destroyed). 1 do not think that this species breeds 
twice, as we never saw eggs again. Three out of these four 
nests contained red-spotted eggs; the male was incubating 
in two cases and the female in one. The nests were well 
made, rather deep, and in every case placed in dead gorse. 
