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aiJil had uffoi-t'il a siilistaiitial reward, no exam|ili's had Ijeeii t'orthrmuiug ; and he 

 was strongly inclined to doubt its existence. On the other hand, Mr. V. D. Godmau 

 tells us that his collector, Mr. Brewer, saw a specimen of this bird at Furnas in 

 1865, and havinj;: watched it for some time, had no doubt as to its identity ; and 

 Senhor Jernnynio of th(^ Royal Hotel at Furnas, informed us that, as a boy, he 

 jierfectly remenjbered seeing- the species in tliat locality on more than one occasion. 

 It is quite possible that this Woodjiccker, which was said to be very uncommon 

 at the time when Mr. Godnian published Wxi, yafnrnl IHxtori/ of' tin' Aznre!<, has 

 since become extinct. 



The specimen recorded by Dr. Simrnth : cf. Arch. f. .\nt)in/. i. jj. 1S4 (l.s,><s), 

 which is preserved in the I'oiita Delgada Museum, was procured in Portugal, and 

 the same remark applies to the specimen of D. major ; the examples of both these 

 species have the locality clearly marked.] 



'••o. Apus apus (L.) 



[Specimens in the I'lmta Delgada Museum : 

 'I. Santa Maria. 

 h. San Miguel. 

 A specimen of the Common Swift killed at Sete Cidades, San Miguel, was 

 presented to the British Museum. Major (_!haves informed me that this species was 

 only known as a straggler to the Azores, and occurs more frequently on Santa 

 Maria than it does on San Miguel.] 



1)6. [CoUocalia fuciphaga (Thunli.j 



The Ponta Delgada Museum contains : 

 u. ad. Azores. 



Major Ghaves informs ns that this uniipie straggler was undoubtedly obtained 

 in the Azores, and sent in the flesh to the Ponta Delgada Museum. The exact 

 locality where it was killed has unfortunjitely been lost. The home of this Swiftlet 

 is the Malay Archipelago and Pajjuasia, whence it ranges westwards to the Se}'chelles, 

 northwards to the Philippine Islands, and eastwards to the islands of western 

 Polynesia.] 



'•IT. [Turdus mustelinus. 



The Ponta Delgada Museum contains : 



a. ad. Azores. 

 The Wood-Thrush of North America has once been obtained in the Azores ; 

 unfortunately the record of the precise locality has been lost.] 



08. [Turdus viscivorus L. 



The Ponta Delgada Museum contains : 

 a. ad. Kibeira Grande, San Miguel. 



A second specimen from the same locality was presented to the British 

 Museum. 



Major (!haves informed us that the Missel Thrush was a very rare straggler 

 to the Azores.] 



