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154. fScoLOPAX GALLiNAGO, Linn. Common Snipe. " Nar- 

 seja ordinaria." 



155. fScoLOPAX GALLiNULA, Liuu. Jack Snipe. " Nar- 

 seja jjequena." 



All very plentiful, more particularly the last. -S. major, 

 known as " Narseja grande," is also said to be sometitnes seen, 

 and Machetes puffnax (Linn.) is pronounced common, though I 

 saw no specimen of either. 



156. *Tringa alpina, Linn. Dunlin. 



This is the only member of the genus with which I fell in ; and 

 all the species (the present included) are considered rare in 

 Portugal. Of the present, however, I am in a position to 

 assert the abundance, as I procured several specimens at dif- 

 ferent times. Other species known to occur in Portugal are 

 T. temmincki, Leisl., and T. suharquata (Giildenst.) ; Calidris 

 arenaria (Linn.) is also said to be sometimes seen. 



157. t^REx pratensis (Bechst.). Corn-Crake. " Codor- 

 nizcio." 



Though the only member of the genus in the Museum at 

 Lisbon, this species is pronounced rare in Portugal ; while its 

 congeners C. porzana (Linn.), (in Portuguese, " Franga de 

 agua" and " Rabiscoelha) , C. minvta (Pall.), Little Crake, and 

 C. pygmcea, Naum., Baillon's Crake, are declared to be very 

 common. 



158. tB-ALLUS aquaticus, Linn. Water-Rail. " Frango 

 d'agua." 



159. fGrALLiNULA CHLOROPUS (Linn.). Water-hen. " Gal- 

 linha de agua." 



160. tFuLiCA ATRA, Linn. Common Coot. " Galeirao." 

 The above three species are all common. Less abundant, but 



yet well known, is Fulica cristata, Gnicl., called also " Ga- 

 leirdo." 



161. fPoRPHYRio VETERUM, S. Gmcl. Purplc Watcr-hcn. 

 " CamCw." 



There are many specimens of this beautiful bird in the 



