Mr. F. Dii Cane Godman on the Birds of the Azores. 101 

 fARDEA PURPUREA (Linnseus) . 



tARDEA ALBA (LilinfEUs). 

 fARDEA GARZETTA (LillUffiUs) . 



I saw examples of these three species in a collection in Ter- 

 ceira, said to have been killed in that island. 



fARDETTA MiNUTA (Linnseus) . 



fBoTAURUs STELLARis (Linnseus). 



Also in the same collection. One of the latter species was 

 killed in St. Michael's. 



fPLATALEA LEUCORODiA (Linnseus). 



A Portuguese gentleman in St. Michael's told me that five or 

 six examples of this species had been shot at Sete Cidades a few 

 years previously. 



NuMENius ARQUATA (Linnseus). 1 



\" Macanico real." 

 NuMENius pHjEopus (Lumjeus). J 



These two species are occasionally found about the coasts. I 

 saw them both, but I much doubt their breeding there regularly. 

 ScoLOPAX RUSTicoLA, Linnseus. " Galinhola." 

 In all the mountain-districts throughout the islands this bird 

 is not uncommon. It breeds, as with us, early in March, as I 

 found young birds in the beginning of April, whilst out rabbit- 

 shooting. The native sportsmen (!) shoot them while flying of 

 an evening. It is most abundant in St. George's, Pico, and 

 Flores, where few people kill them. 



Gallinago MEDIA, Leach. '' Majanico real.". 



A few are occasionally found about the streams and wet places 

 in the mountains. In Flores I saw four or five pairs on a large 

 marsh, where I have no doubt they were breeding, though I did 

 not see a nest. This species is called by the same name as the 

 Curlew and Whimbrel. 



Tringa maritima, Briinnicb. 



A small flock was usually to be seen in company with some 

 Turnstones about the rocks near Santa Cruz, in Flores. I was 

 told that in summer they are frequently seen upon the rough 

 pasture-land high up in the mountains. The people say they 



