436 Mr. E. G. Meade- Waldo on the 



the Barbary Partridge (Caccabis pefrosa), and there is no 

 Partridge in Fuerteventura. 



The Partridge in Lanzarote is confined to one lava-flow 

 (that which flows from the Monte de Corona), and on that it 

 is said to be fairly numerous. I only saw one, which I shot — 

 a dingy-coloured male, that was not breeding. It has never 

 spread to any other part of the island. No one knew if they 

 had been introduced there or not, but it is almost the nearest 

 point to the African coast, and the Partridge of Grand Canary 

 is C. rufa. 



The Quail appeared to be very numerous, and the Desert 

 Short-toed Lark {Calandrella minor) swarmed everywhere; 

 while Berthelot's Pipits, Common Linnets (which differed 

 from those of Fuerteventura in being very bright instead of 

 colourless), and Trumpeter Bullfinches were very common. 

 The Ultramarine Tit was very local, and appeared to be con- 

 fined to the Valley of Haria, where it was fairly numerous ; 

 those procured were small and pale in colour. We found a 

 nest in a hole in the ground, and dug it out ; it contained 

 three young and one addled egg. We caught the old female, 

 and kept her whilst we remade the nest, and arranged stones 

 over it to prevent the earth falling in ; on releasing her a 

 little distance off, she went straight back and into the nest, 

 notwithstanding the altered appearance it must have had to 

 her. The ("ream-coloured Courser is pretty numerous in 

 suitable places, and I saw them in the fields, which I do not 

 remember to have done in Fuerteventura ; they were very 

 tame from seeing many people, who never molest them. 

 The Courser is not at all good meat. The Houbara is not 

 realiy common, but there appear to be some on each suitable 

 plain. There are great numbers of Waders on the shores, 

 and at " Papagayo," the tiny village from whioh we took 

 our boat to sail across to Fuerteventura, the Yellow-legged 

 Herring Gull was absolutely tame, walking about among 

 the children's legs and sitting on the tops of the houses. 

 AVe saw them picking at food which the children were 

 holding in their hands. 



Our visit to the little islet of La Graciosa was not very 



