4 Mr. E. G. Meade- Waldo on some 



natives have now a great idea of their value, and shoot them 

 on every possible occasion. 



Cypselus unicolor. 



A very few Swifts pass the winter in Tenerife ; the only 

 one I shot there was apparently C. unicolor. Large numbers 

 of C. paUklus arrived early in February^ and the main body 

 of C. unicolor later. 



Aquila, sp. inc. 



I saw several Eagles during November and early in De- 

 cember, but never near enough to be sure of the species. 



Falco peregrinus. 



I saw Peregrines on three occasions in Tenerife ; they all 

 struck me as being very small tiercels, but only one was near 

 to me; he had a very blue back and very black cheeks'^. 



Ardea purpurea. 



A very fine Purple Heron that had been shot at Laguna 

 was shown to me. 



Ardea bubulcus. 



I saw three Buff-backed Herons during the winter, two 

 alive and one that had just been shot. 



Porzana parva. 



The Little Crake has occurred at Laguna; I saw one that 

 a boy had caught. 



Glareola pratincola. 



A man shot a Collared Pratincole, which I saw in the 

 flesh. 



Of the Waders I saw and obtained examples of the Grey 

 Plover, Ring Plover, Kentish Plover, Turnstone, Dunlin, Cur- 

 lew-Sandpiper, Sanderling, Common and Wood Sandpipers, 

 Redshank, Greenshank, and Whimbrel, the last-mentioned in 

 pairs up to 5th of June. I never found Snipes numerous, but 

 they are said to be so on some occasions. Woodcocks appeared 

 to be more numerous in the breeding-season than during the 



* [Capt. Reid will be glad to learn tliat this species is not, as lie feared, 

 exterminated (cf. Ibis, 1887, p. 429).--Ed.] 



