MEDITERRANEAN NOTES i8i 



cutter I hardly liked to attempt landing any of our boys ; 

 yet we had, for the very short time we were away, 

 great success. We ran back with a fresh breeze to our 

 anchorage of Monday 25th, i.e. the first bay on the west 

 side of the Bay of Palmas, inside an old watch tower." 



" Off Toro we shot two very fine specimens of Larus audouini 

 and a good dark Fako ekonorce, of which we saw a great many. 

 The gulls (Z. audouini) do not make much noise, and their cry is 

 not so hoarse as that of Z. kucophccus." 



Vacca. Toro. Sailing for Port Mahon 



" May i()th. About 6 a.m. we stood away for Vacca, 

 with many volunteers in the cutters, to explore the island. 

 Some success. Came on board again and went awav for 



Toro. Landed M and the captain, with many of 



the men. 



" On Vacca we got two F. eleonorte in the hobbyish 

 plumage, fine specimens, and recovered by aid of a rope 

 the remains of the specimen lost on the 26th ; this 



had been picked to pieces by the ravens. M shot a 



fine male raven, and the men got a nest of these birds 

 containing three callow young. There were a good many 

 Eleonora falcons and rock doves about on the south and 

 south-west sides of the island. The men got a tin box 

 full of lizards (Gougylus ocellatus) alive, and a shearwater 

 and egg. Tait found the wing feathers of a common 

 nightjar in a little cave. We bagged 2 F. eleonorte, 

 3 rock doves, i raven, i shearwater, and the young 



