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Pivvoavfio. Jfiijor Cliaves iiit'oniieil us that lurmcrly hr liiul scut luiiiiy skins of tliis 

 bird to the various rausenms in Enroi^, Imt that of late years he had been unable 

 to jirocure any more specimens, and he feared that we were hardly likely to be 

 successful in our (juest. 



I'urinj,' our visit to Furnas we tlierclbrc worked very hard to obtain siisciiuens, 

 and jirocnred the assistance of a local irnnner to show us the ground where the 

 Bnllfinch was known to occur. Our first day willi hira resulted in nothing: but 

 late in the afternoon of the following day, after again traversing all the steep banks 

 covered with tali pine trees and faya, Mr. llarwood and 1 heard a note, which 

 could onlv be that of tlie bird we were looking for. An imitation of the call was 



Tliu home of the r.iilIfinL-)i. Above tliu lake ut' F^lIaa^, 

 San Migufl. 



at once returned, and in a few seconds a pair srtth'd in a pine tree dvcr our heads, 

 and were bagged withont any dilticulty. In the tlesh the male looked considerably 

 larger than the female; tlie latter had the ovary well (levelo]ied, ami would 

 probably have begun to lay in a few days. We subscipiently. with the helj> of 

 local aid, jirocnred a snuill scries of skins, but our ettbrts to find a nest were not 

 successful, furiously enough, the eggs appear tube unknown, and Major Chaves 

 has never been able to procnre a set for the Ponta Delgada Museum. 



According to local information this Bnllfinch is always met with in pairs, and 

 our limited experience indicates that this statement is correct. Tliough once very 

 common, its raids on the flowers of the peach trees have caused its wholesale 

 slaughter by the natives. Senhor Jcronynui, of the Hotel in Furnas, told us that 

 he conld remember tlie time when it was no uncommon sight to see twenty or more 



