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the stores of Funchal, in Madeira. I could not ascertain that 

 this singular variety occurs in the Canaries, They are said to 

 interbreed with the common Black-cap. It is only in the male 

 birds that this dark plumage occurs. 



32. tSvLViA coNSPiciLLATA, Marm. 



Sylvia conspicillata, Vern. Hare. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 

 2, 1855, XV. p. 437. 



This beautiful little Warbler seems to have escaped the notice 

 of other ornithologists who have visited the Canaries ; it is 

 not, however, unfrequently to be seen in the neighbourhood of 

 Orotava, where it frequents thick bushes, and into which it 

 plunges at the approach of danger. I saw it also near the Paul 

 da Serra, in ^ladeira. Vernon Harcourt includes it in his list 

 from this latter island. 



33. Sylvia subalpina, Bonelli. 



Sylvia passerina, Temm. ; W. & B. Orn, Can. p. 15 ; Bolle, 

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



A native of Teneriffe, where Berthelot found it nesting, 



34. Calamodyta aquatica (Lath,). 



Sylvia aquatica, Lath.; W, & B, Orn. Can. p. 13; Bolle, J. 

 fur Orn. 1854, p. 453. 



Said by Webb and Berthelot to inhabit Gran Canary, where, 

 however, it cannot be common, as there are few places in the 

 island adapted to its habits. I did not see it during my short 

 visit there. 



35. tERiTHACUS RUBECULA (Linn,). 



Sylvia rubecula, W. & B. Orn, Can, p, 16; Bolle, J. fiir Orn, 

 1854, p. 454. Vern. Hare. Ann. & Mag. N. H. ser. 2, 1855, xv. 

 p. 437. 



Erythacus rubecula, Bolle, J. fiir Orn. 1857, p. 283. 



The Robin is met with in the Canaries, Madeira, and the 

 eastern Azores. It is rather remai'kable that birds from the 

 last-named islands agree with the South-European race, which 

 is paler in colour than British or North-European specimens, 

 whilst those from Madeira and the Canaries are identical with 

 the darker northern form. Like the Blackbird, this species is 



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