386 Mr. W. C. Tait on the Birds of Portugal. 



219. EUDROMIAS MORINELLUS (Linil.). 



There is a single specimen of the Dotterel in the Lisbon 

 Museum^ obtained from Estremadura. I am not aware that 

 any other has yet been obtained in Portugal. 



220. Vanellus vulgaris, Bechst. '^ Ave f ria/^ " Agoas 

 neves," Anchora ; '' Pendro/' Vianna do Castello ; " Ave- 

 toninha/^ Oporto ; " Gallispo/^ Oporto, Penafiel, and Caldas 

 d'Aregos ; " Matoninha/' " Verdizella/' " Choradeira/' Pe- 

 nafiel ; " Galleno," Leca de Palmeira ; " Galleinlo/' Esmoriz, 

 Estarreja; " Redonzella/' '^ Coin/^ Ovar, Estarreja; " Ave- 

 coinha/-' " Donzella verde/' Estarreja ; " Abesconinha," 

 Aveiro ; '' Abibe/' Abecuinha/' Coimbra Museum ; " Vi- 

 bora/"* " BibeSj" Abrantes and Algarve. 



No bird has a greater variety of popular names in Portugal 

 than the Lapwing. Some are derived from its arrival coin- 

 ciding with that of the cold weather, some from its erratic 

 mode of flight, others from its crest-feathers, from the colour 

 of its plumage, from its cry, and the Algarve name of 

 " Bibes " is no doubt derived from the Moorish " Beebet." 

 The Abrantes name^Vibora" means viper, and I cannot 

 account for its being applied to a bird. 



The first arrivals appear in October. During November 

 great numbers pass southwards along the coast, preferring, 

 as usual, an easterly wind. These birds usually fly nearly 

 abreast in a long line at a considerable height. Many remain 

 here to winter, disappearing in February or March, after 

 which I have never seen one, although I have looked for 

 them on the high moors of some of the serras and on the 

 marshes in various parts of the country. 



221. Strepsilas interpres (Linn.). ^'Eola do mar," 

 ''Rola marinha," Oporto; '^ Seixoeira," Aveiro; "^ Parda," 

 Esmoriz ; " Perna vermelha," Faro. 



The Turnstone is usually seen near Oporto from the begin- 

 ning of April till the middle of September, and they breed 

 in this country. In the summer of 1869 a boy saw at Lavadoz, 

 near the mouth of the Douro, two young birds and caught 

 one of them alive, which I bought from him and kept for 



