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devoting our attention both to the shore-line and to the 

 valleys, as well as to the higher ground. In all the steep 

 valleys are colonies of black-faced West- African monkeys. 

 From our tents we constantly caught sight of them chasing 

 each other in and out of the rocks, while some, bolder than 

 others, would gain the crest-line, where their figures showed 

 out clear against the horizon. 



On February 28th we proceeded to Praya and took 

 steamer to Brava, where we stayed till March 16th, and 

 then returned to Santiago, this time to Tarrafal, its northern- 

 most point. From Tarrafal we journeyed back to Praya, 

 a distance of 54 miles, working the country on the way. 

 About halfway, at La Catrina, we put up at the Mayor of 

 TarrafaFs country-house, situated in one of the most 

 beautiful valleys of the island. Our next stop before 

 reaching Praya was at Sao Jorge, placed in another 

 valley almost equalling in beauty that of La Catrina. 



On the 31s.t we returned to Sao Vicente and remained for 

 two weeks in order to find out what the island possessed in 

 the way of bird-life. 



IIL List of the Birds of Santiago. 



1. Neophron percnopterus. 



Parties of this species are the scavengers of nearly every 

 village on the island. Breeding takes place in December 

 and January. 



Two specimens were obtained. 



2. BUTEO VULGARIS. 



This species is not mentioned by Dohrn. Only one 

 specimen ( ? ) was obtained or observed. When first 

 sighted, it sat facing us on a small tree halfway up one of 

 the sides of a valley. On endeavouring to approach it, it 

 flew away down the valley, but eventually returned after 

 an absence of half an hour to the same spot, where it fell to 

 my gun. 



3. MlLVUS MIGRANS. 



It seems probable that the Kite of the Canary Islands 



