( no ) 



TC). [Anser anser (L.)- 



The Poiita Delgada Musenm contains : 

 a. ad. Rosto de Cao, San Miguel. 

 Major Chaves informs ns that only two cxanijiles of the 'Wikl Goose have 

 occurred in the islands to his knowledge.] 



77. [Branta leucopsis (Bechst.) 



The Ponta Delgada Musenm contains : 



u. ad. Lake of Furnas, San Miguel. 

 The above-mentioned e.xamjile (if the Bernacle Goose is the only known instance 

 of its occurrence.] 



78. [Mergus serrator (L.). 



The Ponta Delgada Museum contains : 

 a—c. Ponta Delgada, San Miguel. 



Au adult female of the Red-breasted Merganser, shut at Ribeira Grande, was 

 presented to the British Museum. Major Chaves informs ns that it is not a very 

 rare visitor to the Azores.] 



7 '.I. [Phalacrocorax carbo (L.). 



The Ponta Delgada Museum contains : 



a. Relva, San Miguel. 

 The Cormorant is a scarce straggler to the islands.] 



80. [Sula bassana (L.). 



The Ponta Delgada Museum contains : 



a. imm. Ribeira Grande, San Miguel. 



h. „ Rosto de Cao, „ „ 

 The Gannet is a very rare visitor to the Azores.] 



81. [Fregata aquila (L.). 

 The Ponta Delgada Museum contains : 



a. S ad. Ponta Delgada, San Miguel. 

 According to Major Chaves the Larger Frigate-Bird is not common.] 



82. [Aquila chrysaetus ? 



During our visit to Graciosa we were informed that some species of Eagle had 

 recently taken up its abode on the island, and frequented the Caldeira and other 

 jjarts of the island. It was said to have killed a number of lambs, kids, etc., and 

 the natives were exceedingly anxious that we should shoot it. On the day that 

 we descended by ropes into the Furna do EnxOfre to visit the boiling spring and 

 underground lake in the centre of the Caldeira, the bird was observed by some 

 of our men sailing above the edge of the crater, but we did not see it. Probablv 

 it was an immature Golden Eagle.] 



