Part 36 (1/2)

ORNITHOLOGY

For ornithologists the following notes on birds observed and not already mentioned may here be inserted:--

[Illustration: ROCK-THRUSH]

_Blue_ and _Rock-thrushes_--Neither abundant, but the for in ”pot-holes” and horizontal crevices of the crags The rock-thrush is more alpine and confined (here as elsewhere) exclusively to the higher sierra

_Missel-thrushes_ a: a feoodchats_ observed at sah less so than on San Cristobal in Sierra de Jerez (5000 feet) A nest in the crag over-hanging our bathing-place in the burn at San Geronis on April 28 We found others on Monachil, and _grey wagtails_ were also breeding at both places

_Bonelli's Warbler_--Arrived, and preparing to nest, end of April: a fehite-throats_ and _rufous warblers_ early in May Robins and wrens nesting, and _nightingales_ abundant in lower river-valley

_Eared_ and _Black-throated Wheatear_--Ubiquitous but not abundant In both these forms (as well as in the Coe; so completely adult, while others retained an i their first dress (May)

_Stonechat_--Four eggs, April 29

_Blackchat_ and _Crag-martin_--Both conspicuous by their absence

[This applies to the higher sierra--both were observed in the lower Monachil--say 4000 feet]

_Ortolans_ (apparently just arriving during early days of May), with _cirl_ and _rock-buntings_, were frequent up to the lirowth, say 7500 feet

_Rock-sparrow_--Breeding in crags on lower slopes

_Woodlark_--Lower hills: young on wing, end April

_Short-toed Lark_--Lower hills: about to nest here

_Crested Lark_--Lower hills: common

_Tawny Pipit_--Plentiful, scattered in pairs over the arid hills:doards with tail spread overhead

_Great_, _Blue_, and _Cole-tits_--Co the open woods of pine (_Pinus pinaster_)

_Raven_ and _Chough_--A few

_Hoopoe_, _Kestrel_, and _Little Owl_--A few

_Partridge_ (redleg)--Scarce: a pair and a single bird observed at 8000 feet a snow-patches and junipers

_Chaffinches_ and _Serins_--First broods on wing, end April; nests for second broods building early in May

_Linnets_--Common up to scrub-limit

_Dippers_--Observed on Genil, Darro, Monachil, and all the rivers visited