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or six which approach maderensis in the extent of the white colnnr on the 

 reetriees, and two which are qnite similai'. The back is more iinifnrm olive- 

 greenish, not showing' snch a distinct olive-brown saddle in the middle of the 

 back ; the abdomen is more whitish, and lacks the vinons tinge ; the breast is 

 generally somewhat more brownish. The bill is sometimes much, generally a 

 little, larger. 



Mr. (irant collected the fidlowing series : 



11 S6, 8 ??, Santa Maria, 300— luuij ft.., end of Febrnary and beginning 

 of March. 



2S t?<?, 18 ? ?, Ran Mignel, March 1903. 



17 c?t?, ? ?, Terceira, liHill— -..JUIMJ ft., end of March and beginning of April. 



11 (?<?, o ? ?, Graciosa, 21—24. iv. 1!)();5. 



l-"> cJ'j', 4 ? ?, San Jorge, 12tlO— 2U00 ft., beginning of May. 



U cJ (?, i") ? ? , Pico, si)(i_2(lOO ft., second half of May. 



10 <?cJ, 5 ? ?, Fayal, KiiHi— auOd ft., April 13th and end of .May. 



15 3S, S ? ?, Floras, 4(10—1000 ft., l.J— 19. iv. 1903. 



4 c? J, 1 ?, Corvo, .500 ft., 14. iv. 1903. 



5 ad. " Iris brown (dark brown) : bill horn-blue (bbiish-horn), tip and edges 

 black (deep brown) ; legs and feet dark brown (very dark brown, dnll brown)." 



[Local name : Tentilhao. 



The Ponta Delgada Mnsenm contains : 

 /(, h. Ponta Delgada, San Mignel.] 



The C!haffinch is far the commonest bird in the Azores, and found in every 

 island from the sea coast to the very highest ground, its numbers gradually 

 diminishing as the higher altitudes are reached, and as a rule only the oldest and 

 most brilliantly coloured l>irds are to be seen there. 



Though common enough on Graciosa, this species was not nearly so numerous 

 there as on the other islands. On newly ploughed land enormous flocks were to be 

 seen, and as a rule the birds were remarkably tame. 



The double, triple, or quadruple call-note cin-chi-chi-chr is something like that 

 of the Madeira bird (F. maderi'iiftis), but distinctly louder and less musical, and 

 the song is harsher and sung in a lower key. Another note, less frequently 

 heard, and apparently uttered when the birds are uneasy or alarmed, is singularly 

 like the call-note of the Bullfinch. When first heard on Terceira, where no 

 Hnllfinch was known to exist, it caused great excitement, but a long chase over a 

 bnsh-clad hillside resulted in the death of a male ( Chaffinch and put an end to our 

 liopes. The first nest was found on April 2.5th, on the side of the (!aldeira of 

 Graciosa. It was placed in the fork of a small faya-bush three feet from the 

 ground, and, being only jiartially finished, I had an opportunity of watching the 

 female at work on the lining. During the first week in May we found a number of 

 nests on the top of San Jorge, placed in the tall dumps of heath from four to six 

 feet from the ground. AVhen first found, on May 2nd, some of the nests appeared 

 to be (piite finished and ready for eggs, and the birds showed great anxiety at our 

 approach. Mr. Harwood and I revisited these nests ten days later, just before 

 leaving the island, but did not find a single egg. AVe met with similar bad luck 

 both on Pico and Fayal, and though some of the females shot on the latter island in 

 the end of May were evidently breeding, we were never fortunate enough to find a 

 nest with eggs. 



The ]iliuiuige of this species is very pn/.y.liug, and appears to vary considerably 



