Brown.] 208 [December 2, 



Ardea nyctlcorax Linn. Night Heron. 



Platalea leucorodia Linn. Wliite Spoonbill. 



Limosa melanura Leisler. Blacktailed Godwit. 



Numenius arquata Lath. Common Curlew. 



Numenius phasopus Temm. Whimbrel. 



Tringa pugnax Linn. Ruff. 



Tringa subarquata Temni. Pigmy Curlew. 



Tringa variabilis Meyer. Dunlin. 



Tringa cinerea Temm. Knot. 



Totanus hypoleucos Temm. Sandpiper. 



Totanus glottis Beclist. Greenshanli. 



Scolopax gallinago Linn. Common snipe. 



Scolopax major Temm. Great or Solitary Piper. 



Crex Baillonii Temm. Baillon's Crake. 



Crex pratensis Selb. Land-rail or Corncrake. 



Porphyrio AUeni Gray. Allen's Porphyrio. 



Gallinula chloropus Lath. Gallinule or Waterhen. 



Fulica atra Linn. Coot. 



Anser segetum Steph. Bean Goose. 



Mareca Penelope Selb. Widgeon. 



Anas crecca Linn. Teal. 



Sterna nigra Linn. Black Tern. 



Sterna Dougallii Mont. Roseate Tern. 



Larus tridactylus Lath. Kittiwake. 



Lestris cataractes Temm. Skua. 



Colymbus glacialis Linn. Northern Diver. 



Sula alba Temm. Gannet or Solan Goose. 



Procellaria molUs Gould. White Petrel. 



Procellaria pacifica Aud. Pacific Petrel. 



Thalassidroma pelagica Temm. Stormy Petrel. 



Prion brevirostris Gould. Shortbcaked Petrel. 



The reptiles of Madeira are very few in number. The gardens 

 and vineyards are overrun by two or three sj^ecies of small lizards, 

 two of which I noticed to be Ameiva sexUneata and Lacerta Dugesii 

 M. Edw. At the time of the vintage these little animals do a great 

 amount of injury in the vineyards, of which, assisted by the rats, they 

 are said to destroy nearly one-fifth of the produce, following the ripen- 

 ing fruit up the hills, and making sad havoc among the maturing crops. 

 Several species of turtle ai-e caught in the waters adjoining the island, 

 not unlike those frequently seen by voyagers in this latitude. 



