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21. MicKOHiERAx CiERULESCENS (Liun.) ; Oates, op. cit. 

 ii. p. 211. 



22. Phalacrocorax PVGMiEus (Pall.) ; Oates, op. cit. ii. 

 p. 23^. 



23. Ardea insignis, Hodgs, ; Oates^ op. cit. ii. p. 245. 



24. Ardea cinerea, Linn. ; Oates^ ojx cit. ii. p. 243. 



25. Xenorhynchus asiaticus (Lath.) ; Oates^ op. cit. ii. 

 p. 264. 



26. DissuRA EPiscopus (Bodd.) ; Oates^ op. cit. ii. p. 265. 



27. Tadorna casarca (Linn.) ; Oates^ op. cit. ii. p. 277. 



28. Dafila acuta (Linn.) ; Gates, op. cit. ii. p. 279. 



29. Chettusia cinerea (B1.) ; Gates, op. cit. ii. p. 372. 



30. Gallinago stenura (Kuhl) ; Gates, op. cit. ii. p. 383. 



31. Larus ichthyaetus (Pall.)j Gates, op. cit. ii. p. 414. 



32. Sterna seena, Sykes ; Gates, op. cit. ii. p. 423. 



33. Sterna MELANOGASTER,Temm.; Gates, op. cit. ii. p. 424. 



34. Rhynchops albicollis, Swains. ; Gates, op. cit. ii. 

 p. 436. 



V. — Notes on the Birds of Teneriffe. 

 By Capt. Savile G. Reid, R.E. 



[Concluded from vol. v. page 43e5.] 



No account of the birds of Teneriffe would be complete 

 without mention of the Grey Wagtail {MotaciUa melanope) , a. 

 common and familiar resident, universally beloved and unmo- 

 lested. I found several nests in the stone walls of the 

 unfrequented lanes on the outskirts of Grotava and in 

 the steep fern-covered sides of the rocky ravines, or " bar- 

 rancos,^^ in the vicinity. These birds may be seen at all 

 hours of the day chasing flies on the roofs of the houses in 

 the town, and are, no doubt, of great service to the com- 



