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birds are given as breeding in Madeira, and sixty-eight are considered 

 simply as stragglers from the African coast. African and South 

 American birds are frequently brought to the island by ships touching 

 there, and many undoubtedly have escaped and been introduced in 

 this manner. 



BIKDS BREEDraO IN MADEIRA. 



Falco tinnnnculus Linn. Kestrel. 



Falco buteo Linn. Buzzard. 



Strix flammea Liun. Barn Owl. 



Turdus merula Linn. Blackbird. 



Sylvia rubecula Lath. Redbreast. 



Sylvia atricapilla Lath. Blackcap. 



Curruca Heinekein Jard. Variety of Blackcap. 



Curruca conspioillata Gould. Spectacle Warbler. 



Regulus maderensis Harcoui-t. Wren. 



Motacilla boarula Linn. Gray Wagtail. 



Anthus pratensis Bechst. Meadow Pipit. 



Fringilla butyracea Linn. Green Canaiy. 



Fringilla oardueli? Linn. Goldfinch. 



Fringilla petronia Linn. Ring Sparrow. 



Fringilla tintillon Webb and Berth. Buff-breasted Chaffinch. 



Fringilla cannabina Linn. Greater Redjioll or Linnet. 



Cypselus unicolor Jard. Lesser Swift. 



Cypselus murarius Temm. Common Swift. 



Columba trocaz Hein. Long-toed Wood Pigeon. 



Columba palumbus Linn. Ringdove. 



Columba livia Briss. Rock pigeon. 



Perdix rubra Briss. Red-legged Partridge. 



Perdix coturnix Lath. Quail. 



Scolopax rusticola Linn. Woodcock. 



Sterna hirundo Linn. Tern. 



Larus argentatus Brunn. Herring Gull. 



Puffinus major Temm. Cinereous Shearwater. 



Puffinus anglorum Temm. Manks Shearwater. 



Puffinus obscurus Temm. Dusky Petrel. 



Thalassidroma Leachii Temm. Leach's Petrel. 



Thalassidroma Bulwerii Jard. Bulwer's PetreL 



