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1921 .] Bird Notes from Southern Spain. 
recognised as the same on both sides of the Straits, and it is 
probable that once the birds of the Riff district in Morocco 
have been thoroughly gone into, further discoveries will be 
made, showing that there is practically no difference between 
the majority of the birds of the northern Moroccan coast and 
their representatives on the Spanish side. 
I beg here to acknowledge my indebtedness to Captain 
W. M. Congreve for his great help in obtaining foi me 
specimens of the breeding birds from Almoraima, to the 
light-keepers at .Europa for their many acts of kindness 
and assistance, and to Mr H. F. Witherby for kindly deter¬ 
mining some of the subspecies for me. Mr Witherby’s 
remarks on these have been added to the notes, and are 
enclosed within brackets. 
Of 260 skins brought back, the great majority are in 
the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh : the others are in 
Mr. Witherby’s collection. 
Corvus corax subsp. 
Breeds fairly commonly. A party of twelve was seen on 
ploughed land near Laguna de la Janda on 10 December: 
no specimens were obtained. 
Corvus monedula. 
Not observed. 
Garrulus glandarius fasciatus. 2 <$; 3. ? ; 1 ? 
Plentiful in Almoraima Cork Woods, but not observed in 
the cork-woods round Algeciras, or in the Sierra Retin to 
the westward. Specimens obtained in winter had been 
feeding solely on acorns. The wing-measurements of two 
males were 188 mm., of three females 172 to 178 mm., being 
as long as, and not shorter than, typical G. glandarius. 
[There are several differences in a series of the south 
Spanish form as compared with the typical Jay, but some 
individuals are difficult to distinguish, and the form cannot 
be regarded as very well differentiated. The streaking on 
the crown is broad and pronounced, but not more so than it is 
sometimes in the typical bird ; in the centre of the upper 
breast is a dark grey patch usually well marked, but this is 
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