observed at the Salvage Islands. ^7 



-fl2. StREPSILAS INTERPRES. 

 4-13. NUMENIUS PH/EOPUS. 



l^, ^Egialitis curonica (Gm.). 



The Turnstone, Whimbrel, and Little Ringed Plover were 

 met with in small flocks on the Great Piton, but not seen on 

 Great Salvage, the barren rocky shores being, perhaps, too 

 unattractive. 



15. Sterxa fluviatilis. 



A good many pairs o£ the Common Tern were seen at 

 both islands, but we could find, no traces of their nesting, 

 though the sandy shores of Great Piton were well suited 

 for it. Perhaps it was too early. 



16. Larus cachinnans. 



About a dozen pairs of the Yellow-footed Herring Gull 

 had nests about the rocky points on the top of Great Salvage, 

 but we only found one with eggs, and these on the point of 

 hatching ; the other nests were either empty or contained 

 downy young. These had their enemies of some sort, for a 

 nest which contained three young the day we found it had 

 only one remaining a few days later. This may have been 

 the work of other Gulls, but we could not help suspecting 

 the Great Hook-billed Pardelas [Puffinus kuhli) of being the 

 culprits, for hundreds of them used to come out of their 

 holes in the rocks, or leave their stone houses on the top of 

 the island just before sunset, and fly rather low all over the 

 stony plateau, making the beautiful evening hideous with their 

 incessant cries of " la-goiv-a-goio-a-gov) " ; they certainly 

 appeared to be in search of food of some sort, but we had no 

 means of proving that our suspicions were correct, 



-^17. Puffinus kuhli. 



Our arrival on Great Salvage apparently caused great 

 excitement among the bird-inhabitants, our tent being a 

 special object of Avonder, the Pardelas, or Mediterranean 

 Shearwaters, being especially bold and noisy in their greeting. 

 The high volcanic rocks surrounding the south bay are full 

 of miniature eaves, in most of which a pair of the Pardelas 

 had their home, and towards sunset tlie whole ])opulation 



