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01. [Mesophoyx intermedia ( \\'agl.)- 



The Pouta Delguda Mnseum contains ; 



a. i C'apellas, San Miguel. 

 The above is the only known instance of the ow'urrcnee of this Egret.] 



62. [Ardea cinerea L. 

 Local name : Ari-lo. 

 Specimcn.s in the Ponta Delgada JInsonm : 



u, b. Sete Cidades, San Miguel. 



Wc saw several examples of the Common Heron abont the hikes at Furnas 



and Sete Cidades, and Major Chaves informed ns that he considered the species to 



be fairly nnmerons about other lakes on San Miguel. We saw a pair on a lake in 



one of the L'aldeiras in Central Flores, and a like number in the Caldeira, Graciosa.] 



63. [Ardea purpurea L. 

 The Ponta Delgada Museum contains : 



«, h. Livramento, Rosto de Cilo, San Miguel. 

 c. Saiga. 

 According to Major Chaves the Purple Heron is a very rare straggler to the 

 Azores.] 



'U. Nycticorax nycticorax (!>.> 



[The Ponta Delgada Museum contains : 

 <i, h. Ponta Delgada, San Miguel. 



An adult Niglit Heron from Ponta Delgada and an immature from Kilieira 

 Grande were presented to the British Museum. Major Chaves tells us that this is 

 not a very rare visitor to the Azores.] 



Oo. [Botaurus stellaris (L.). 



The Pouta Delgada Museum contains : 



u. Lagoa, San Miguel. 

 The Common Bittern is only known to have occurred once.] 



Oil. [Botaurus lentiginosus (Mont.). 



Specimen in the Ponta Delgada Museum : 



0. Flores. 

 The above e.\ami)le of the American Bittern is the only instance of its having 

 occurred in the archijielago.] 



[Morelct (///.s^ i^at. Acoi\ p. 53 (1860) mentions the Stork (rv>o;//rt rifonia) 

 as an accidental straggler to the Azores. (Cf. Simroth, ]). li'3.)] 



liT, Anas boschas L. 

 [Local name : Pato-real. 

 The Ponta Delgada Museum contains : 



a,b. Furnas, San Miguel. 

 The ^Vild Dnctk i-; not uncommon, ;nul a male from Sete Cidades was presented 

 to the British Museum. 



We found several pairs breeding on the lakes in the Caldeiras in central Flores, 

 but did not meet with it on any of the other islands,] 



