138 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant on 



Las Palmas, but besides some Common Curlews, which are 

 decidedly rare in the Canaries, nothing of note appeared. 



I am sorry to have no more islands to go to, and am afraid 

 that, with the exception of the Petrels, nothing much remains 

 to be done ; but to observe these satisfactorily, it would be 

 necessary to visit and carefully work the outer islands and 

 rocks during the months of June and July, and I have no 

 greater wish than to do this, accompanied by my energetic 

 friend and mentor Canon Tristram. 



XLIV. — Notes on some Birds obtained at Madeira, Deserta 

 Grande, and Porto Santo. By W. R. Ogilvie Grant 

 (Nat. Hist. Mus.). 



(Plate XIV.) 



It was my good fortune to be invited during the spring of 

 this year to accompany a friend on a five weeks' trip to 

 Madeira, and, having never visited that beautiful island, I 

 gladly embraced the opportunity, and determined, if pos- 

 sible, to obtain there a number of birds which were much 

 wanted for the British Museum Collection. 1 certainly never 

 dreamed of finding anything new, least of all in the bird- 

 line, and the handsome new Sparrow- Hawk so excellently 

 delineated by Mr. Keulemans in the accompanying Plate was 

 an unexpected surprise. 



After a terribly rough voyage from start to finish, we 

 arrived in a somewhat battered condition at Funchal on the 

 15th of April, truly thankful to find ourselves once more on 

 firm land, where, in the glorious sunshine and delightful 

 climate of that most favoured island, our troubles were soon 

 forgotten. The weather, owing to the late spring, was still 

 all that could be desired, and not too hot to make walking 

 unpleasant. Almost the whole of the three weeks we re- 

 mained at Madeira w T ere spent in making expeditions in all 

 directions, and combined a very large amount of exercise 

 with a thorough enjoyment of the grand scenery and the 

 delights of collecting zoological specimens of all kinds, though 



