100 Mr. F. Du Cane Godman on the Birds of the Azores. 



in the gardens. It is not migratory here, and is said to have 

 two and sometimes even three nests in the year. It is certainly 

 exceedingly numerous, and affords excellent sport ; on one occa- 

 sion a Portuguese gentleman and I killed 157 in a few hours. 



iEaiALiTEs CANTiANUs (Latham), " Ma9arico." 

 I met with a few birds of this species about the lakes in St. 

 Michael's ; but afterwards found them more plentiful about 

 Capellas, in Fayal, and on the high ground between Angra and 

 Praya, in Terceira. The Portuguese name " Mafarico" or 

 '* Mayanico" is applied more or less to all Sandpipers and 

 Snipes, as well as to this species. It breeds in Terceira, as I 

 saw several young birds about, which were unable to fly. 



fVANELLUS CRISTATUS, McyCr. 



I saw a single stuffed specimen in the collection of a gentleman 

 at Angra. He informed me that it had been shot in Terceira. 

 Mr. Alfred Newton tells me he has a specimen from Madeira. 



Strepsilas interpres (Linnaeus). 



A few pairs are always to be found about the rocks between 

 Santa Cruz and Ponta Delgada, in Flores. I killed some speci- 

 mens in June in full breeding-plumage, and I suspect that it 

 must breed on some of the small islands near the coast ; but the 

 weather was so stormy all the time I was in Flores, that I was 

 unable to get out to them. It is said to remain there the whole 

 year. I afterwards saw eight birds of this species near Capellas, in 

 Fayal, and I believe a few are to be found on the coast of any of 

 the islands where the rocks provide sufficient protection from 

 the surf. 



Ardea cinerea, Linnseus. " Garya real." 



This is the only resident species of Heron. A few pairs are 

 always to be met with about the lakes in St. MichaePs, and oc- 

 casionally on the coasts of the other islands ; but the sea is in 

 most places too deep for them to fish from the shore. I shot a 

 single specimen in St. Michael's, at the Sete Cidades, and saw 

 the remains of an immature bird that had been killed some time 

 previously, w^hich leads me to believe that the species occasionally 

 breeds there, though I could obtain no information as to the fact. 



