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hoped, from Mr. IMatliew's account, before mentioned, tliat I 

 should have no difficulty in finding it. But though I 

 wandered for days in search of it, in the most likely spots, 

 I never saw it alive ; indeed, Prolessor du Bocago assured 

 me that, though by no means rare, it is very local, and of 

 so exceedingly shy a nature that it is seldom seen, and tliat, 

 though he has employed collectors to hunt expressly for it, 

 he cannot obtain additions to the three specimens which the 

 Lisbon IMuscum possesses. Thus, to my chagrin, I left 

 Portugal without a single example, though, when on my 

 return home through Madrid, I fell in witli three skins and 

 three eggs of this bird at the shop of Seiior Sanchez, in the 

 Calle de Alcala, with whom I had dealings years ago. 



111. *GARnuLus GLANDARius (Linn.), 'Jay,' Gaio. 

 Extremely cojnmon everywhere. 



115. fPicus viRiDis (Linn.), 'Green Woodpecker,' Pica-pau 



verde. 



116. fPicus MAJOR (Linn.), 'Great Spotted Woodpecker/ Pica- 



pau malhado, 



117. fPicus MEDius (Linn.), 'Middle Spotted Woodpecker,' 



Pica-pau malhado. 

 All these species are said to be common ; the two former 

 abundant. Of P. minor I was unable to find any trace. 



118. f Jynx torquilla (Linn.), 'Wryneck,' Papa-formigas. 



119. *Certiiia familiaris (Linn.), 'Common Creeper,' Tre- 



padeira, Atrcpa. 



120. *Troglodytes PARVULUS (Koch.), 'Wren,' Carricinha das 



moitas. 



121. f SiTTA EuROPJ'A (Linn.), ' Nuthatch.' 



122. tUruRA EROPs (Linn.), 'Hoopoe.' Poiipa. 



123. *CucuLUS CANORUS (Linn.), 'Common Cuckoo,' Cuco. 



The above six representatives of their several genera are 

 all pronounced common in Portugal, though I suppose none 



