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



go there to feed in hot weather ; but I suspect they breed there 

 as well^ since a lad at Santa Cruz told me that he had shot very 

 young birds. No one, however, that I met with could give me 

 any information about their nesting-habits. The only specimen 

 I procured was a male in full summer-plumage, and was shot in 

 June. 



tCREx PRATENSis, Bcchstein. 



Mr. J. Dabney showed me a stuffed Corn-Crake, which was 

 killed two or three years previously by flying against a window 

 of his house. I also saw another stuffed specimen in a collec- 

 tion in Angra, said to have been killed in Terceira. The dis- 

 tances to which this short-winged bird occasionally wanders are 

 sufficiently remarkable, since it has occurred in the Bermudas, 

 the United States, and even Greenland. 



Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus). 



FuLiCA ATRA, Linnseus. 



Both these species are to be found in St. Michael's, on the Lagoa 

 do Fogo. I believe they were originally introduced into the islands, 

 and I am not aware that they are found in any other locality. 



Anas BoscHAS, Linnseus. "Patos." 



A few are to be found about all the lakes throughout the 

 islands ; they are, however, very shy. In Flores I saw several in 

 the mountain-lakes and about the marsh, where they breed. In 

 winter they say that several other kinds of Ducks occur ; but I 

 only saw those mentioned in this list. 



Anas crecca, Linnseus. " Mareca." 



Like the last species a few are found everywhere ; and it breeds 

 in Flores, but is not quite so common as A. boschas. 



? (Edemia nigra (Linnseus). 



I saw a black Duck on the lake at the Furnas in St. Michael's, 

 which I believe belonged to this species. 



fMERGULUs ALLE (Linuseus). 



There is a single specimen in the collection of a gentleman in 

 Terceira, which was killed in the island four or five years ago. 



Sterna fluviatilis, Naumann. " Carajao." 



This and the following species are the only two real migrants 



