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•J 6S, Flores, oOii t't., IT. iv. imiH. 



1 cf, Coi-vo, .iOO ft., 14. iv. I9ii3. 



■' Iris brown, l)ill yellow, |pgs liglit reildisli liiuwii." 



[Local name : Est.orninlio. 



Sjiecimuns ia tlie I'oiita Delgada Mnsoiuii : 

 a—r. Ponta Uelgada, fSan Miguel. 

 i/. (albino) Flores.] 



[The Starling is a fairly roiunion bin! throiiglioiit liic wiiole group, especially 

 ou the lower cultivated ground, but above an elevation of about '2i)iMi ft. it was 

 rarely seen. Its habits did not ajjpear to differ in any respect from those of the 

 English bird, but some of the notes, or rather noises, made by the males were very 

 remarkably diflfercnt tVoni any we iuid ever heard uttered l)y N. c/i/i/^ir/.s. One call 

 es])ecia]ly was most extraordinary, lieing a prolonged high-]iitclieil rattle, impos- 

 sible to describe. We could not guess what sounds the bird was trying to 

 imitate ; jirobably it is one of the natural calls. Their nest is, as usual, placed in 

 very varied positions. On t'orvo numbers of birds were breeding in April in the 

 low loose stone walls surrounding the fields ; lint on Villa Islet, off the coast 

 of Santa Maria, on June 1st, we found many nests jilaced on the ground under 

 heaps of loose stones, and containing fresh eggs or young birds, four to five in 

 number. The eggs resemble those of the Common Starling.] 



11 '.I. [Corvus corone L. 



Coroiis corar Simroth, Anh.f. Xntiiiij. i. p. IH!) (1888). 



The Ponta Delgada Museum contains : 



a. ad. Arrifes, near Ponta Delgada, San Miguel. 

 The Carrion Crow occurs as a rare visitor to the Azores.] 



120. Corvus frugilegus L. 



[The Ponta Delgada Museum contains : 

 a. ad. I'onta Delgada, San Jlignel. 

 Jlajor Chaves says that the Rook occasionally appears in flocks.] 



ion 



[Since the above was set u]) Major F. A.Chaves has forwarded tor identificat 

 two examples of No. 4() (p. liiTi), 'riinijn iiKnitimn, from San Miguel, as well as tin: 

 following species, which is new to the Azores : 



l2l. (4iiA.) Triuga fuscicoUis Vieill. 

 a. S imni. San Miguel :il. x. r.i(i4.] 



