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Rh Accentor modularis.—At Arosa Bay, but not at all commonly. At Gibraltar a variety of the Hedge-Sparrow with very faint and indistinct spots occurs. This may be a local race, or without my knowledge may have been given specific rank.

Parus major.—The Great Tit was only seen twice, once at Gibraltar and once at Arosa Bay, and both times in December, 1899.

P. ater.—The continental Coal-Tit is very common about Arosa Bay, and also at Algeciras and Gibraltar.

P. palustris.—The Marsh-Tit occurs commonly about Arosa Bay.

P. cæruleus.—The Blue Tit is common at Arosa Bay, Gibraltar, and Algeciras. In Gibraltar, however, in common with the Coal-Tit, it occurs almost entirely in the Alameda Gardens. At Algeciras it is only found in the cork woods, as far as my observations go. It is rather more numerous, however, in the north than the south.

I did not notice any Paridæ in Sardinia.

Troglodytes parvulus.—The Wren occurs sparingly about Arosa Bay.

Motacilla alba.—The White Wagtail is a summer visitor to Arosa Bay, where a few pairs were breeding in May. Each pair had apparently a tract or beat of their own, for one never saw one couple very near another. At Algeciras a company of three birds were noticed in December, 1899, and a single specimen was seen on the North Front in Gibraltar in November of the same year.

M. lugubris.—A few Pied Wagtails were seen about Arosa Bay in May, but on Dec. 10th, when the Squadron put in for a day at that port, hundreds of these birds were seen, from which it seems probable that they were wintering migrants there.

M. flava.—One pair only seen at Rondo, a town 2500 ft. above the sea-level, and about seventy miles inland from Algeciras; and a single specimen at Gibraltar in December, 1899.

Anthus pratensis.—The Meadow-Pipit is common at Arosa Bay, and less so at Gibraltar in the winter.

Lanius pomeranus.—The Woodchat Shrike was very common at Aranei Bay, in Sardinia, in April. At Gibraltar and Algeciras it also occurred, but less commonly than at Aranei. It was first noted in the last-named localities in May.