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at Gibraltar in the autumn of 1898, but at the corresponding 

 season in 1899 they were extremely plentiful and very tame. 



R. titys. — One pair of Black Redstarts was noted in Novem- 

 ber, 1898, but, like the preceding species in 1899, the birds were 

 very much more plentiful than in the year previous. 



Erithacus rubecula. — Robins are common both at Arosa Bay 

 and around Lisbon ; they are, however, much more shy and 

 retiring than in England. A few occur at Gibraltar in the 

 winter. 



Daulias luscinia. — Several Nightingales were observed in the 

 vicinity of Algeciras in April, 1899 ; and this bird was also noted 

 in Sardinia. Spending a night on one occasion at Algeciras, 

 and being unable to sleep on account of the mosquitoes, I was 

 astonished to hear a Nightingale singing close to the inn, which 

 was quite a quarter of a mile away from gardens of any kind, 

 facing the sea, and surrounded on all its other sides by houses. 

 Rather a strange place for this bird to sing in, I think. 



Sylvia cinerea, — The Whitethroat is common everywhere ex- 

 cepting in Sardinia. In the north of Spain it is apparently 

 more plentiful in the spring, and in the south in the autumn. 



S. atricapilla. — The Blackcap-Warbler is fairly common at 

 Gibraltar and in its neighbourhood during November and 

 December, and around Arosa Bay in the spring. It bred in the 

 latter place in some numbers. It also occurs in Sardinia. 



S. hortensis. — The Garden-Warbler was noticed in the Ala- 

 meda Gardens at Gibraltar in November and December. At 

 Arosa Bay it was observed in May. This species was less 

 numerous than the preceding. 



S. sarda. — The Sardinian Warbler is much the commonest of 

 its genus at Gibraltar, where great numbers breed among the 

 coarse scrub clothing the upper parts of the rock. At Aranei 

 Bay, in Sardinia, it was also observed in fair numbers. 



Phylloscopus rufus. — The Chiffchaff was not at all common at 

 Arosa Bay in the spring. 



P. sibilatrix. — Wood-Wrens were observed in some quantities 

 during the month of November in the Alameda Gardens at 

 Gibraltar, and one was seen at Algeciras. 



Acrocephalus phragmitis. — The Sedge- Warbler was common 

 at Arosa Bay in May. 



