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1921 .] Bird Notes from Southern Spain. 
and during winter only a very occasional bird was seen. At 
that season of the year, they are very common in the snipe- 
marshes at Laguna de la Janda. They return to the wheat- 
fields about the end of March. The local name for this bird 
is “ Tumanavilla.” 
[Fantails from various parts of the Spanish Peninsula are 
like the northern African birds, and these must all be called 
Cisticola c. cisticola, those from other parts of Europe 
( G . c. harterti) being distinguished by their buffer and less 
grey colour (see Bull. B. 0. 0. xl. p. 119).—H. F. W.] 
Prunella m. modularis. 1 $ . 
An uncommon winter visitor ; three only were seen. The 
bird obtained has the wing-formula of the so-called 
occidentals, which subspecies I am unable to distinguish. 
Troglodytes t. kabylorum. 4 £ , 1 $ ; 1 juv. 
Judging by the number of nests found this bird is not at 
all uncommon, but they are skulking and not often seen. 
[The upper-parts are decidedly less rufous than in 
T. t. troglodytes and like the northern African form, but the 
underparts are considerably more barred than is usual in 
T. t. kabylorum , though the bills are fine as in that form. In 
Portugal the typical subspecies is found.—H.F. W.] 
Muscicapa g. grisola. 1 <$ ; 1 $ . 
First seen in 1919, 7 May, in 1920 on 5 May, and the 
passage continued till 23 May. A very abundant nester 
in the cork-woods. Autumn passage was prolonged : 
during the latter half of September and the first week of 
October, they were continually in evidence ; a single bird 
was seen on 22 October. 
Muscicapa a. atricapilla. 1 $ . 
Seen only on passage. In spring a solitary bird was seen 
on 14 February (the Gibraltar district seems to lie out of 
the line of its spring migration). Two were seen on 4 May 
at the Sierra Retin. In autumn it was common, being; first 
observed 21 September, continually during October, and 
last seen on 4 November. 
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