( K'5 ) 

 40. [Tringa maritima Om. 



The Purple Sandpiper is not represented iu the collection of the Ponta Delgada 

 Musenm, and we did not meet with the s[iecies. Mr. F. D. Godiuan obtained an 

 adnlt male in summer plumage on Flores on May 19th, 1805. It was one of a 

 small flock which, in company with some Turnstones, frequented the rocks near 

 Santa f Iruz.] 



47. [Tringa canutus (L.). 



The Ponta Delgada Museum contains : 



«. Ponta Delgada, San Miguel (in nearly full summer plumage). 



h. Relva, San Bliguel (winter ])lumage). 

 Major Chaves informed us that the Knot was rather a rare visitor to the 

 Azores.] 



48. [Tringa minuta Leisl. 



Prlidwi lemmhiclii, Simroth (nee Leisl.), Arrh.f. Xdliii//. i. p. 191 (1888). 



The Ponta Delgada Museum contains : 



(I. Kosto de Cfio, San Miguel. 

 This is the only known instance of the occurrence of the Little Stint in the 

 Azores.] 



49. Gallinago gallinago (L.). 



? ad. Caldeira, below Pico Cabni;o, F lores, 10. iv. 1903. "Iris brown; bill 

 dark horn-brown, lighter at base, shite-colour iit base of lower miindible. Legs 

 light greenish slate." 



[Specimens in the Ponta Delgada Museum : 



a. Sete Cidades, San Miguel. 



b. Furnas, San Miguel. 



A second example from Sete Cidades was presented to the British Museum. 



We saw one or two Common Snipe on the marshy ground below the Caldeiras 

 in Central Flores ; one female, which was shot on April 16th, contained large eggs 

 nearly ready to be laid.] 



5u. Scolopax rusticola L. 



Si'ohipax RiiHtJfohi Linnaeus, Sysl. Nat. ed. x. p. 14G (17.08: "Habitat in Eiiropn." Typicil 

 locality : Sweden, ex Fauna Succica). 



2 c?c?, 1 ?, Furnas, San Miguel, 2U00 ft., 1.5. iii. 1903. 



3 c?c?, 2 ¥ ?, 1 sex? Crater above Reguinho, Terceira, 20Ui) ft., 5—9. iv. 1903. 



4 c?c?, above Calheta, San Jorge, 12O0 ft., 1, 2. v. 1903. 



1 c?, 1 pallus, above Horta, central Fayal, 2000 ft, 25. v. 1903. 



'6 dS, above Santa Cruz, Flores, 100— 1000 ft., 17, 18. iv. 1903. 



"Iris dark brown ; bill d;irk blackish-brown at tip, lighter at base of upper 

 mandible, yellowish-horn at base of lower mandible ; feet and legs pale yellowish- 

 brown (lilac-brown, pale pinkish-brown, pale lavender-horn, pale lavender-brown), 

 ])iukish-horn at joints ; one from Fayal : stoue-yellow or clay-colour." 



Pullus : " Bill blackish, legs purplish-brown, iris dark brown." 



A magnificent aberration was shot above Calheta, San Jorge, 1200 it., on 

 May 3rd, 19o3. Most of the upjier surface is white, but some of the feathers have 

 black tips, others are rufous with black tips ; the upper tail-coverts are of the usual 

 colour, the tail is only partially wliite, some of the outer wing-coverts are rufous, as 



