174 Mr. F. Da Cane Godmau on the Resident and 



28. Phyllopneuste rufa (Lath.). 



Sylvia rufa, Bonap. ; Bolle, J. fiir Orn. 1857, p. 281. 



Common in Teneriffe, Palma, and Gran Canaiy, where it 

 chiefly inhabits the upper and heathy districts, though I shot 

 some specimens in a garden at Orotava. They are identical 

 with our ChifF-chaff. I have six or seven skins from Teneriffe. 



29. Pyrophthalma melanocephala (Gm.). 



Sylvia melanocephala, W. & B. Orn. Can. p. 14; Bolle, J, fiir 

 Orn. 1854, p. 454, & 1857, p. 282. 



Webb and Berthelot found this species in Teneriffe ; and I met 

 with it in a garden in Palma and in Gran Canary. 



30. Sylvia cinerea, Bp. 



Sylvia cinerea, W. & B. Orn. Can. p. 14; Bolle, J. fiir Orn. 

 1854, p. 454. 



Found, according to Webb and Berthelot, and Dr. Bolk% 

 throughout the Canarian archipelago where there are thorn- 

 bushes. I failed to procure specimens of either this or the two 

 following species. 



31. tSYLVIA ATRICAPILLA, LiuU. 



Sylvia atricapilla, W. & B. Orn. Can. p. 14; Bolle, J. fiir 

 Orn. 1854, p. 453, & 1857, p. 280; Vern. Hare. Ann. & Mag. 

 Nat. Hist. ser. 2, 1855, xv. p. 437 ; Jard. & Selby, Illus. of Orn. 

 t. 94; Heineken, Zool. Jouru. v. p. 75. 



This bird is very common in the Canaries, Madeira, and the 

 Azores, and is much prized by the inhabitants for its singing- 

 qualities. It is caught in considerable numbers and kept in 

 cages, and is easily domesticated. In both Madeira and the 

 Azores a variety is not unfrequently found, having the black on 

 the head extending as far as the shoulders and round under the 

 throat. This dark variety was described by Jardine and Selby 

 as a species, in ^ Illustrations of Ornithology,' under the name 

 of Curruca heinekeni. I have seen some eight or nine examples 

 in cages ; and one of them had the black of the throat extending 

 as far as the breast, where it was gradually shaded off beneath 

 into a slaty grey. The back also of this individual was darker 

 than that of an ordinary Black-cap. I never saw this variety 

 wild. A few caged specimens are usually to be seen in some of 



