172 Mr. F. Du Cane Godman on the Resident and 



22. fTuRDUs MERULA, Linn. 



Turdus merula, W. & B. Orn. Can. p. 12; BoUe, J. fiir Orn. 

 1854, p. 453, & 1857, p. 278; Vern. Hare. Ann. & Mag. Nat. 

 Hist. ser. 2, 1855, xv. p. 437. 



Found in the Canaries, Madeira, and the Azores, where it is 

 very common in all damp places. Bolle says it is not found in 

 Lanzarote, nor in Fuerteventura. In Gran Canary and Teneriffe 

 it is seldom seen near the coast ; but in the tree-heath- and 

 laurel-district it is exceedingly abundant, 



23. Parus major, Linn. 



Parus major, W. & B. Orn. Can. p. 17; Bolle, J. fiir Orn. 

 1854, p. 455, & 1857, p. 284. 



Seems to be found in the pine-forests of Teneriffe and Palma ; 

 it however escaped my observation, and I fancy it cannot be 

 common. 



24. Parus texeriff^e. Less. 



Parus teneriffa, Sharpe & Dresser, Birds Eur. 



Parus ultramarinus, Bonap. 



Parus violaceus, Bolle, J. fiir Orn. 1854, p. 455. 



Parus cceruleus, Linn.; \\ . & B. Orn. Can. p. 18; Bolle, J. 

 fiir Orn. 1857, p. 284. 



This beautiful little Titmouse is common throughout the Ca- 

 naries, and is found from the sea-level up to a height of from 

 5000 to 6000 feet. Its habits much resemble those of its ally 

 P. cceruleus. It nests either in a hole in a wall, or in a rotten 

 tree. A pair of these birds had a nest in the wall of a banana- 

 garden just beneath my window in Orotava. The young birds 

 were already hatched when I arrived there on the 6th of April. 

 I procured several specimens in Teneriffe, which are identical 

 with Algerian examples. 



Sharpe and Dresser, in their article on this species, in their 

 ^History of the Birds of Europe' mention that there is "one 

 difference which is noticeable'' between Algerian and Canarian 

 skins. " The island birds have an almost entire absence of the 

 white tips to the greater wing-coverts and secondaries." On 

 looking over all my series, I do not find this character constant 

 to the birds of either locality. Mr. Dresser has since shown me 



