OBNITHOLOGICAL NOTES FROM S.W. EUROPE. 451 



Accentor modularis. — At Arosa Bay, but not at all commonly. 

 At Gibraltar a variety of the Hedge-Sparrow with very faint and 

 indistinct spots occurs. This may be a local race, or without my 

 knowledge may have been given specific rank. 



Parus major. — The Great Tit was only seen twice, once at 

 Gibraltar and once at Arosa Bay, and both times in December, 

 1899. 



P. ater. — The continental Coal-Tit is very common about 

 Arosa Bay, and also at Algeciras and Gibraltar. 



P. palustris. — The Marsh-Tit occurs commonly about Arosa 

 Bay. 



P. cceruleus. — The Blue Tit is common at Arosa Bay, Gibral- 

 tar, and Algeciras. In Gibraltar, however, in common with the 

 Coal-Tit, it occurs almost entirely in the Alameda Gardens. At 

 Algeciras it is only found in the cork woods, as far as my 

 observations go. It is rather more numerous, however, in the 

 north than the south. 



I did not notice any Paridae in Sardinia. 



Troglodytes parvulus, — The Wren occurs sparingly about 

 Arosa Bay. 



Motacilla alba. — The White Wagtail is a summer visitor to 

 Arosa Bay, where a few pairs were breeding in May. Each pair 

 had apparently a tract or beat of their own, for one never saw one 

 couple very near another. At Algeciras a company of three birds 

 were noticed in December, 1899, and a single specimen was seen 

 on the North Front in Gibraltar in November of the same year. 



M. lugubris. — A few Pied Wagtails were seen about Arosa 

 Bay in May, but on Dec. 10th, when the Squadron put in for a 

 day at that port, hundreds of these birds were seen, from which 

 it seems probable that they were wintering migrants there. 



M.flava.— One pair only seen at Rondo, a town 2500 ft. above 

 the sea-level, and about seventy miles inland from Algeciras ; 

 and a single specimen at Gibraltar in December, 1899. 



Anthus pratensis. — The Meadow-Pipit is common at Arosa 

 Bay, and less so at Gibraltar in the winter. 



Lanius pomeranus. — The Woodchat Shrike was very common 

 at Aranei Bay, in Sardinia, in April. At Gibraltar and Algeciras 

 it also occurred, but less commonly than at Aranei. It was first 

 noted in the last-named localities in May. 



