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no doubt about the species. I never met with it elsewhere 

 amongst the islands ; and it is not recorded from Madeira. 



7. fBuTEo VULGARIS, Lacep. 



Falco buteo, Linn. ; W. & B. Orn. Can. p. 8; Bolle, J. I'iir 

 Orn. 1854., p. 449 ; Vern. Hare. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2, 

 1855, XV. p. 437. 



Buteo vulgaris, Ray; Bolle, J. fur Orn. 1857, p. 270. 



The most common of all the larger birds of prey in the 

 Azores, Madeira, and the Canaries. I, unfortunately, did not 

 procure specimens from the last two groups of islands, where 

 it chiefly frequents the more wooded parts. The Azorean 

 birds I have are very light-coloufed, and resemble more the 

 southern form of this Buzzard {Buteo desert orum) . From a 

 distance the birds I saw in Madeira and the Canaries did not 

 appear to me to belong to this race, being as dark as common 

 European specimens ; but as I did not get examples, I cannot 

 determine this point with certainty. 



8. fAcciPiTER Nisus (Linn.). 



Falco nisus, Linn.; W. & B. Orn. Can. p. 7; Bolle, J. filr 

 Orn. 1854, p. 449 ; Vern. Hare. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2, 

 1855, XV. p. 437. 



1 believe this species is found sparingly throughout all the 

 Canaries. The only specimen I obtained was that of a very 

 old male in fine plumage, which I shot near Orotava in the 

 month of April. I saw it also occasionally in other parts. 

 Bolle says it is numerous in Tenerifi'e and Gran Canary, and 

 that it does not migrate. 



9. Circus cineraceus (Mont.). 



Falco cineraceus, W. & B. Orn. Can. p. 8; Bolle, J. fiir Orn. 

 1854, p. 450. 



Inserted on the above authorities. I did not observe it. 



10. t^'^si^ OTUS (Linn.). 



Strix otus, W. & B. Orn. Can. p. 9 ;. Bolle, J. fur Orn. 1854, 

 p. 450, and 1857, p. 274. 



Dispersed through the Atlantic islands, but nowhere abun- 

 dant. It frequents chiefly the deep shaded ravines, and is 



