Migratory Birds of Madeira and the Canaries. 221 



1 conclude it does not breed, being a winter migrant only ; but 

 as it is said to come regularly I include it in the list. In his 

 last paper, as quoted above, Bolle says that it is S. gallinago, 

 and not S. gallinula, which is found in the Canaries ; and from 

 all I heard I believe it is so, and that the Jack Snipe is not found 

 there at all. I was not present at the right season of the year 

 to vei'ify this statement. 



70. Strepsilas interpres (Linn.). 



W. & B. Orn. Can. p. 34; Bolle, J. fiir Orn. 1855, p. 176, 

 and 1857, p. 337. 



This bird undoubtedly breeds in Flores, in the Azores, and, I 

 think, probably in Canaries, where it is not uncommon in 

 suitable places on the coast. As there is but little beach or 

 low rocky coast, it finds but few places adapted to its habits. 

 Webb and Berthelot consider its appearance only accidental. 



71. tToTANUS HYPOLEUcus (Linn.), 



Vern. Hare. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2, 1855, xv. p. 437. 



Not mentioned by other writers as an inhabitant of the 

 Canaries. I saw two or three pairs in Teneriffe, between Can- 

 delaria and Santa Cruz, during the breeding-season. I shot at 

 and winged an individual of this species ; but before I could get 

 it it ran under a large rock, where it was out of reach. I also 

 saw it towards Anaga Point in the same island. I have little 

 doubt that some few pairs nest along this shore. 



72. Tringa cinclus, Linn. 



Tringa variabilis, Mey.; W. & B. Orn. Can. p. 38; Bolle, 

 J. fiir Orn. 1855, p. 176 ; Vern. Hare. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist, 

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



I did not see this bird, though Webb and Berthelot say that 

 it inhabits all the Canary Islands. Though a constant visitor, it 

 is probably not resident. 



73. tARDEA cinerea, Linn. 



W. & B. Orn. Can. p. 35 ; Bolle, J. fiir Orn. 1855, p. 176 ; 

 Vern. Hare. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2, 1855, xv. p. 437. 



Webb and Berthelot consider the Heron only "de passage acci- 

 dental ^' in the Canaries. I saw some few pairs about the coast 



