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1921 .] Bird Notes from Southern Spain. 
Sylvia conspicillata. 
Not met with, though constantly looked for. The state¬ 
ment (‘Ibis,’ 1911, p. 743), that it is common on the Sierra 
Carbonera, cannot be confirmed. A. nest, from which the 
young had flown, was found on 18 June, 1919, between 
the rivers opposite Gibraltar, and identified as belonging to 
this bird. It exactly resembled the nests of this species I 
have seen at Malta. This place is close to the ruins of 
Oarteia, a locality given by Irby as the most likely one near 
Gibraltar where it would be met with. Unfortunately, the 
spot could not be revisited. I quite agree with Capt. Lynes 
(‘Ibis/ 1912, p. 473) that this bird is very local in southern 
Spain. 
Sylvia h. hortensis. Orphean Warbler. IS) 2 $ . 
Was found breeding in small numbers in the cork-woods 
behind Algeciras, and a pair seen in June at Almoraima were 
also breeding. This bird was recorded by Irby as very rare 
in the vicinity of Gibraltar, audit is possible its numbers are 
now slowlyincreasing. It is abundant in the Sierra Betinto 
the westward, and for a migrant breeds early, eggs consider¬ 
ably incubated being found on 4 Ma} r . In autumn last 
observed on 17 September : its arrival in spring was not noted. 
Sylvia s. subalpina. 3 (J; 1 ?. 
First observed in 1919 on 12 March, in 1920 on 11 March, 
and passes in small numbers during March and April. A 
male was killed at the lantern on 2 April. The return 
migration takes place in September: a young male was 
killed at the lantern on the 18tli of that month. A pair 
seen in Almoraima Cork Woods on 25 April were noted as 
probably breeding, and this was confirmed later by Captain 
Congreve, who found four nests. As Irby failed to find it 
breeding near Gibraltar, an extension of its breeding range 
is probable. It was not observed near Algeciras as a 
breeding bird. 
Sylvia undata toni. fi S ; 3 $ ; 1 juv. 
Common and resident on the hillsides. They are early 
breeders ; hard-sat eggs were found at the end of March, and 
