208 A SPRING TOUR IN PORTUGAL. 



the neck and back. In this opinion I am corroborated by 

 my friend, the Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anato- 

 my at Cambridge, Mr. Alfred Newton, who has examined 

 my Portuguese specimen. 



14G. '^'Otis tetrax (Linn.), 'Little Bustard,' Cizdo. 



This species appears extremely common ; indeed it is 

 constantly served at table under the title of ' Pheasant.' So 

 plentilul is it, that the price I paid for a fine adult male in 

 the poultry market amounted to no more than two hundred 

 reis, which, however large the figure may seem, represents 

 only tenpence half-penny of our money. In skinning this 

 bird I found a considerable cellular fatty deposit very thickly 

 covering the interior of the skin of the neck, more especially 

 at the back of it. This I had to remove very carefully and 

 patiently, bit by bit, with the scalpel. It gave the neck a 

 very thick appearance, and, when felt from the outside, was 

 soft, somewhat as in the pouch of O. tarda ; but in this case 

 there was no trace of pouch or bag. 



147. jQEdicnemi.^s crepitans (Temm.), '■ Stone-Curlew,' Alcara- 



vdo. 



148. jGlareola pratincola (Linn.), ' Pratincole,' Perdiz do 



mar. 



149. -j-CiiARADRius pluvialis (Linn.), 'Golden Plover,' Taram- 



hola. 



150. jCharadrius hiaticula (Linn.), 'Ringed Plover,' Lava- 



deira. 



151. *Vanellus cristatus (Meyer & Wolf), 'Lapwing,' Ahihe, 



Ahecninha. 



152. ISquatarola helvetica (Linn.), ' Grey Plover,' Taramhola. 



These six species are well known in Portugal. Ciiaradrius 

 MINOR (j\Ieyer) and C. Cantianus (Lath.) are also said to 

 be often met with, and are also known as Lavadeira ; but 

 of these last I found no specimens in tlte Museums. 



153. fSTREPSiLAS interpres (Linn.), ' Turnstone.' 



By no means common. 



