( lav ) 



of tbe.se birds at one time on a jieach tree ; ami he said that the local gunners, who 

 all know the " Priolo " well, attribute their rapid disappearance to some disease, 

 which killed them off, rather than to the shooting of them. However this may be, 

 the fact remains that this very local bird must soon disappear, and, as there seemed 

 no chance of saving them from the fruit-farmer, we i'elt no compunction in securing 

 such specimens as we met with.] 



llii. Chloris chloris aurantiiventris (Cab.) 



Lii/nriiiiix (lurn.ntiiccntri'i Cabanis Mii.^. Ileni. i. (j. I."i8 (185IJ : South Fraucu). 



7 SS,'-l ? ?, Kan Mignel, near Ponta Delgada. 



Introduced, probably from Tortuuiil. 



[Local name : Verdilhao. 



Sjiecimens in tlie Ponta Delgada Museum : 

 a, b. Ponta Uelgada, San Mignel. 



This species was only met with on San Miguel in the neighbourhood of Ponta 

 Delgada, where we found it fairly common in some of the larger gardens. 



Major Chaves informed us that it had been iiitiodnced comparatively recently, 

 and that he believed the original stock had been brought from Portugal.] 



ll'i. [Petronia petronia (L.). 



The Ponta Delgada Musenm contains : 



a. ad. Lagoa, San Mignel. 

 According to Major Chaves the Rock-Sparrow is a very rare straggler to the 

 Azores.] 



11 T. Oriolus oriolus (L.). 



Ciii<iciti>: iiriiihiii Liunaeu.«, Si/^t. Nut. ud. x. p. Iu7 (ITiJS— "Hab. in Europa, Asia." Typical 

 locality, Sweden). 



[The Ponta Delgada Museum contains : 

 a. ad. Hibeira Grande, San Miguel. 

 A male killed at Ginetes, San Mignel, was jiresented to the British Museum. 

 ]\[ajor Chaves informs us that the Golden Ori<jle is a rare straggler to the 

 Azores.] 



11'^. Sturnus vulg'aris grauti Hart. 



SiiiriiKs nihjiiris ijiinil, Hartert, I'w/. jiul. /•',,„«„, p. J:.! ( l'.lo:i— Azores. Type J Xo. 44i;, Graciosa). 



Very similar to S. i'i//t/ari.-i iy//(/iir/s, but (he first j)rimary still more ri'duccd, 

 about 2 mm. shorter. The bill is less wide, often very short, and generally sniailer. 

 The legs have the tendency to be small. Colours as in our Starling. 



1 ? , Santa Maria, 3(M) ft., 27. ii. I'.hk!. 



2 S<?, 3 ? ?, San Miguel, 300 ft., '.), Id. iii. l'J03. 



1 J, 1 ?, Terceira, 1200 ft., 9. iv. 19o3. 



2 cJc?, Graciosa, 22. iv. 1003. 



1 £?, 2 ? ?, San Jorge, 120(i ft., 1). v. l'.Mi3. 

 1 S,-~ ? ?, Pico, 1000 ft., 21. V. l'.Hi3. 

 1 ?, Fayal, 10(10 ft., 20. v. l'.»03. 



