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Mr. J. H. Stenhouse : 
[Ibis, 
Phcenicurus p. phoenicurus. 1 <$. 
A bird of passage first noted on 24 March ; a male struck 
the lantern on 6 April. Much more abundant on autumn 
migration. First seen 6 September, during the remainder 
of that month and throughout October it was much in 
evidence ; last observed 29 October. 
Phcenicurus o. gibr altar iensis. 1 S • 
Winter visitor and bird of passage : not observed breeding 
near Gibraltar. In autumn first noted on 25 October. In 
the spring the first movement noted was on 28 Febnnuy ; 
by 23 March the winter visitors had gone : the only record 
after 26 March was a belated female seen 8 May. 
Erithacus r. rubecula. 1 $ ; 4 $ ; 1 ? 
Migrant and winter visitor. At the beginning of October 
they were very abundant in the woods behind Algeciras, the 
males being in full song. Most of these passed on, but 
during winter they were common. The return journey took 
place in March and early April. One female struck the 
Europa lantern on 23 March. 
Erithacus r. witherbyi. 3 $ ; 4 ? . 
The breeding form is a rare bird behind Algeciras, only 
two pairs being noted. At Almoraima in the damp sotos it 
is much more plentiful, but still cannot be called common. 
[The Robins from Algeciras are puzzling but must, I 
think, be of the Algerian form, though they may belong to 
the Moroccan E. r. atlas , as they are very slightly darker 
and less olivaceous than E. r. witherbyi. The difference is, 
however, very small, and the Moroccan form may possibly 
prove not separable when birds in fresher plumage than 
those which Capt. Lynes obtained are collected.—H. F. W.] 
Luscinia megarhyncha. 1 $ . 
Abundant summer visitor. First noted on 6 April : 
their departure in autumn was not observed. 
Cyanosylvia suecica cyanecula. 2 $ ; 2 ? . 
Irby records this bird as rare in this neighbourhood, and 
gave it as his opinion that it passed farther to the eastward. 
