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panied us said that a little later tLe " C'agarros " swarm ou tliese rocks. Another 

 large breeding-station is on the small island of Praya, off Graciosa, but owing to 

 the impossibilitj' of landing in a heavy sea we were unable to visit the spot in 

 person, though we subsequently secured a number of birds caught by some 

 fishermen sent for the purpose. Most of these, however, were useless as specimens, 

 for the men who caught them, after muzzling their beaks with string, had tied 

 their wings together over their backs by means of the long quill-feathers, which 

 were consequently broken to pieces ; the birds were then slung on a long pole 

 passed through their wings and carried up to our camp, and though subsequently 

 set at liberty, were, I fear, quite unable to fly. 



Measurements of the pure white eggs are : 2'T— 3'1 x To — 1'95 inch. 



2u. [Puffinus anglorum (Temm.). 



Local name : Cagarro. 



The Ponta Delgada Museum contains : 

 a. ? ad. Santa Maria. April 1003. 



According to Major Chaves tlie common Shearwater is a rare visitor to 

 the Azores, and though constantly on the look-out for it among the hosts of 

 l\ liulilii ^flavirostris, we never saw or procured a single specimen. 



Mr. Godman appears to have found it fairly common throughout the group 

 in 1865, and procured specimens at Flores in May. There are a male and 

 female in the British Museum collection, and he says that the latter contained 

 eggs in an advanced stage.] 



21. Puffinus obscurus bailloni Bp. 



Puffinus (ibuctinis hailloni Bp., cf. Rothschild & Hartert, Xur. Zoal. vi. p. lOli. (The name 

 hailloid has been adopted with reserve : possibly the North Atlantic form requires a new 

 name. ) 



S- Praya Island, (iraciosa, 20. iv. 1003. 



" Iris dark brown, liidge of culmen and end of lower mandible blackish, 

 latericorn, and rest of lower mandible slate. Legs slate-blue, outer aspect of 

 tarsus and outer toe black, middle of webs and joints dusky." 



Also from Rosto de (Jao, San Miguel, in Ponta Delgada Museum. 



[Local name : Cagarro. 



The Ponta Delgada Museum contains : 

 a. ad. Pico Is. 



Major t'haves informs us that the Little Shearwater is not uncommon ; 

 and a specimen killed on San Miguel was presented to the British Museum. 



The only bird we procured was taken by the fishermen sent to collect 

 Cagarros at Praya Island, off Graciosa.] 



22. [Alca torda L. 



The Ponta Delgada Museum contains : 



a. Rosto de Cfio, San Miguel. 

 The abovo-mcutioued specimen of the Razor-bill is the only known instance 

 of its occurrence in the Azores.] 



