1921 .] Bird Notes from Southern Spain. 587 
on the ground and had, as a rule, a few hairs in the lining. 
It was once noted on migration, on 3 April. The Wood- 
Wren (Phylloscopus sibilatrix ) was not observed. 
Turdus v. viscivorus. 1 $; 1 juv. 
Resident in small numbers in the cork-woods at 
Almoraima. Young were seen abroad on 25 April. The 
adult is much greyer, especially on the rump, than British 
specimens. A juvenile shot in June compared with British 
juvenile of the same age is much greyer both above and 
below, being almost devoid of any tinge of buff colour. 
Turdus p. philomelus. 1 $ . 
A winter visitor in small numbers. Latest date seen, 
29 March. 
Turdus merula algirus. 2 $ ; 8 ? ; 1 juv. 
Resident. Many, however, migrate. In the middle of 
July they collect in family parties, and in September were 
very numerous in the woods behind Algeciras. Their 
numbers gradually thinned until the middle of October, 
when they were reduced to winter numbers. There was an 
increase in March, but it was less noticeable. The wings of 
two males measure 122 and 123 mm., the tails 120 mm. 
Of eight females, wings 112 to 118 mm., tails 106 to 
116 mm. 
[These are like the Algerian form, but if anything whiter 
on the chin and with paler edgings to the feathers of the 
underparts. How far north they extend we do not know, 
but Blackbirds which I have seen from Portugal and other 
parts of the Peninsula seem to be of the typical form, and 
I cannot differentiate T. m. hispanice. —H. F. W.J 
Monticola solitaria. 
Resident, and passes through on migration in small 
numbers. It was observed migrating in autumn on the 
4 th of October and again on the 22nd, and on spring 
migration many passed Gibraltar on 10 March ; only males 
were seen. 
