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One specimen. Probably the, female of a new species, the male 
being yet unknown. 
5. Myiolestes yitiensis. 
Supra obscure rufo-fuscus, subtus sordide grisescens, lateribus 
dorsi colore adumbratis; subalaribus grisescentibus, sub- 
caudalibus subrufescentibus; rectricibus nigro-fuscis, binis 
lateralibus macula apicali conspicue alba pogonio interno 
notatis; rostro plumbeo, tomiis et mandibulse basi albidis; 
pedibus plumbeis. Long. tot. 6|", rostri 2|- /// , alse 3" V", 
caudie 2" 5 in , tarsi 8§ /,; . 
Hab. Ovalau. 
One specimen. Typical of the genus. A nearly allied 
African form is Alethe. 
All these birds were collected by Dr. Graffe, the able collector 
of Mr. Csesar Godeffroy at Hamburg, in whose private museum 
they are now to be seen*. 
XVII.— Notes on the Ornithology of Spain. 
By Lord Lilford, E.L.S., F.Z.S., &c. 
Having revisited Spain last spring, as I before stated was my 
intention (Ibis, 1865, pp. 166-177), I am inclined to think 
that some further observations on the birds of that country may 
not be altogether devoid of interest to some of the readers of 
‘ The Ibis,* I was unfortunately prevented by illness from car¬ 
rying out my schemes of exploring the lower valley of the 
Guadalquivir and the wilds of the province of Estremadura, 
which, I believe, are the richest districts of Spain, from an orni¬ 
thological point of view, both as regards number and compara¬ 
tive rarity of species ; but, taking into consideration that my 
researches were confined entirely to the Castiles, I think that 
I am justified in saying that I met with fair success; and al¬ 
though I did not discover any new species, I made myself 
intimately acquainted with the habits of several birds of which 
very little has, as far as I know, been hitherto recorded. 
I was very fortunate in securing, through the kindness of 
MM. Verreaux in Paris, the services of a first-rate preserver, M. 
* [Cf. Ibis, 1864, p. 232 .—Ed.] 
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