THE BIRDS OF PORTUGAL. 187 



to be a perfect or exhaustive list, is submitted as a tolera- 

 ble outline of the ornithology of the south-western angle 

 of Europe. 



I now proceed to enumerate the several species I have 

 seen iii Portugal, distinguishing the degrees in which I 

 have identified them by the following marks: — (1) Those 

 I have met with alive and wild, in my rambles through 

 the country, and those which I have met with in the 

 nuirkets in the flesh, about which there can be no doubt 

 that they are Portuguese specimens, are marked * ; and 

 (2), those which I have verified in the Museum at Lisbon, 

 whose respective pedestals bear the name of the locality 

 whence they were procured, and for whose authenticity 

 and claims as genuine Portuguese birds I have the ample 

 assurance of M. du Bocage, are marked f ; while (3), 

 those which I did not see at all, but which have now been 

 added on the authority of Professor du Bocage, are dis- 

 tinguished, as enclosed in [ ]. There are, of course, 

 many other species not included in this list, though un- 

 doubtedly belonging to the country, but which I did not 

 happen to meet with, and of which the Museums do not 

 hitherto possess a Portuguese specimen. Many such are 

 included in the catalogue published at Lisbon, which I 

 have already quoted ; but as my remarks do not profess to 

 extend beyond what I myself saw, or what -actually exists 

 in the Museums, they have manifestly no place in this 

 list. I append the Portuguese name wherever I have been 

 able to ascertain it ; and it will be at once apparent how 

 little knowledge the natives possess of ornithology, from 

 the indiscriminate use of the same name applied to several 

 species, which, in many instances, vary widely in size, 

 form, and colour. 



