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2. MiLVUS MIGRANS. 



Not numerous. The majority haunt the vicinity of the 

 harbour, but inland the dearth o£ small birds and lizards 

 confines their numbers to a few stray individuals. A young 

 bird, fully fledged, that had fallen from its nest on a rocky 

 ledge overlooking the town, was brought to us on March 7tli. 

 One adult female was obtained. 



3. Falco neglectus. 

 Common everywhere. 



4. Strix insularis. 



A pair inhabit the belfry of the church in Povacao, besides 

 a few others in the rocky clefts of the heights around the 

 town. We were able to procure only one specimen, a male. 

 Its stomach contained 13 beetles (a kind of cockroach, very 

 common in the houses) . 



5. CORVUS UMBRINUS. 



Common everywhere. 



6. Sylvia conspicillata. 



Only a few individuals observed, and these on the higher 

 ground. 



7. Sylvia atricapilla. 



We found the Blackcap in every valley, especially iu the 

 portions near the sea and where there was an abundance of 

 orange-trees. The males were in full song. A pair used to 

 sing very prettily in a small grove of orange- and banana- 

 trees just outside our house. We shot more than six birds, 

 but none were Sylvia atricapilla gularis {cf. p. 81) . 



8. Calamocichla brevipennis. 



The growth of sugar-cane being very small, this species 

 was by no means plentiful ; the only two pairs we met with 

 were in the small plantation outside our house in Pova9ao. 



One adult male was obtained. 



9. Chelidon urbica. 



On March 15th we obtained a female, the only one ob- 

 served, evidently a migrant. It was flying up and down a 



