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Latin Name. English Name. Portuguese Name. 



26. Procellaria Puffinus, Linn. Cinereous Shearwater. Cagarra. 



27. Anglorum, Temm. Manks Shearwater. Boeiio. 



28. obscura, Gmel. Dusky Petrel. Pintainho. 



20/ anginho, Heiw. Angel Petrel. \ A„„4„Hn 



^y- { Bulwerii, Jard. Bulwer's Petrel. | Angmno. 



30. ? ? Roque de Castro. 



The Kestrels are very numerous and very tame, perching on the 

 roofs of houses, from whence they dart frequently at canary-birds 

 hanging in their reed cages outside the windows, and they generally 

 succeed in securing their prey ; they hve principally on lizards, grass- 

 hoppers, and mice. 



The Buzzard is seldom seen about the town, but confines his flights 

 to the highest moimtains, feeding on small birds, insects, and reptiles. 



The Barn Owl inhabits the ravines in small numbers ; it is a little 

 darker than the British Owl. It may be remarked that all the birds 

 of Madeira are darker than their European brethren. 



The Redbreast is very common ; it is frequently caged, and seems 

 to flourish in captivity. 



The Blackbird, which in some parts is very plentiful, does not differ 

 from the English bird. 



The Black-cap Warbler, which is here the most domestic songster, 

 has been sometimes called the Madeira Nightingale ; there is a ful- 

 ness in its warble which in a degree justifies such praise. A Ma- 

 deiran variety of this bird has been described by Sir William Jardine* 

 as a new species, imder the name of Curntca Heinekeni ; Dr. Heine- 

 ken, however, in his paper on the subject in the 'ZoologicalJournal,' 

 No. xvii. Art. xvii., disproves the supposition of its being a distinct 

 .species, and I am able to confirm the view that Dr. Heineken takes 

 of it. The popular belief amongst the natives is, that where the nest 

 of a " Tinto Negro" contains five eggs, the fifth always turns out a 

 " Tinto Negro de Capello." The variety is much prized ; for where 

 you could buy a common " Tinto Negro " for sixpence or a shilling, 

 you woidd be asked eight or ten shillings for a "Tinto Negro de Ca- 

 pello." The size of the two birds is precisely the same in all parti- 

 culars ; the chief difi^erence consists in the black cap in the variety 

 being extended to the shoulders, and I have sometimes seen the black 

 extended over all the under parts : the under parts are generally much 

 the same as those of the common female Black-cap, and the upper 

 parts as those of the common male. 



The Wren is one of the prettiest feathered inhabitants of Madeira j 

 it Uves amongst the laurel forests, in the less frequented parts of the 

 island. It seems intermediate between the Gold and Fire-crested 

 Wrens of Britain, and is a little larger and brighter than either. 



The Spectacle Warbler is very locally distributed ; it is found in 

 brakes and bushes in some of the unfrequented parts. 



The Grey Wagtail is very common, frequenting the cisterns attached 

 to houses, as well as the streams ; where, from its familiar habits 



* Edinb. Journ. of Nat. and Geog. Science, Jan. 1830, vol. i. p. 243. 



