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after this period. Mr. V. Dal Nero^ a keen observer, writes 

 to me that a male in nuptial plumage was caught on the 

 16th May, 1887, on the Lake of Garda, and was stuffed by 

 him. I have in my possession a male and a female killed in 

 this country in October and November, and the last specimen 

 obtained in our neighbourhood was on the 19th March, 1895. 

 This is an adult male, stuffed by G. Minotto, and is now in 

 a private collection in Venice. 



VII. — An Ornithological Expedition to the Cape Verde 

 Islands. By Boyd Alexander. 



(Plate III.) 

 Contents. 



I. Introduction 74 



II. Santiago 76 



III. List of the Birds of Santiago 79 



IV. Brava 90 



V. List of the Birds of Brava 90 



VI. The Rombos Islands 94 



VII. List of the Birds of the Rombos Islands 97 



Vm. List of the Birds of Sao Vicente 99 



IX. Sao Nicolau 100 



X. List of the Birds of Sao Nicolau 103 



XL The Desertas 105 



XII. List of the Birds of Raza 107 



XIII. Branca, Santa Luzia, Sal, and Boavista 109 



XIV. List of the Birds of Boavista Ill 



XV. Complete List of the Birds of the Cape Vei-de Islands .... 114 



I. Introduction. 



Although Dr. Dohrn and Mr. Keulemans have recorded 

 the results of their observations from the Cape Verde Islands 

 in the ' Journal fiir Ornithologie ■" for 1871, it has long been 

 felt, among those interested in the African Avifauna, that 

 a further and more systematic working of the Islands would 

 reveal many interesting facts. With this object in view, 

 I left Liverpool on February 28th, 1897, for Sao Vicente, 

 accompanied by a friend, Mr. John Duncan, and two 

 skinners (Ramm of Cley, and Griffin of Tunbridge Wells). 



