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



42. fEMBERizA MILIARIA (Linn,). 



Emheriza miliaria, W. & B. Orn. Can, p. 18; Bolle, J. fiir 

 Orn. 1854, p. 455, and 1857, p. 291. 



One of the commonest species in the Canaries, where it 

 frequents cultivated land in large flocks. I believe it is not 

 found in Madeira. 



43. -j-Pyrgita petronia (Linn.). 



Fringilla petronia, W. & B. Orn. Can. p. 19 ; Bolle, J. fiir Orn. 

 1854, p. 456, and 1857, p. 310 ; Vern. Hare. Ann. & Mag. Nat. 

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



Exceedingly abundant near the coast and about cultivated 

 lands and gardens. It even frequents the towns ; but breeds 

 in societies in holes in cliffs. I think it is more common in the 

 Canaries than in Madeira. 



44. fPASsER salicicola, Vieill. 



Passer hispaniolensis, Temm. ; W. & B. Orn. Can. p. 19; 

 Bolle, J. fiir Orn. 1854, p. 456, and 1857, p. 305. 



I have specimens of this Sparrow from Palma, in Gran Canary, 

 where it is not uncommon. Webb and Berthelot, and Bolle, 

 say it is abundant in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura. It does not 

 appear to go so far westward as Teneriffe. P. domesticus has 

 been occasionally met with in Madeira. 



45. fFRiNGiLLA TEYDEA, Webb & Bcrthclot. 



Orn. Can. p. 20 ; Bolle, J. fur Orn. 1854, p. 456, and 1857, 

 p. 312. 



Soon after landing in Teneriffe I made inquiries about this 

 bird, but found the people knew little or nothing about it. 

 They also told me that strange birds, killed in the mountain- 

 forests, did not belong to the island, but were "Pajaros de 

 Africa," and it would be of no use to search for it there. How- 

 ever, I determined to look for it in the pine-forests, high up the 

 mountain, where Webb and Berthelot procured the pair from 

 which the species was described. Accordingly I made an early 

 start one morning from La Guanche, with a guide who knew 

 the forest-paths, and at daylight I found myself in a dense wood 

 of young pines {Finns eanariensis) . Through this we ascended 



