AUTUMN MIGRANTS BIRDS OF CANARY ISLANDS 187 



piper, that rather puzzled me, turns out to be 

 Curlew Sandpiper, but in (to me) rather unusual 

 phase of plumage. Snipes are becoming so 

 scarce in these parts that it is worth recording 

 the fact of two "full" and a Jack having been 

 shot the day before yesterday. Many Golden 

 Plovers, myriads of Peewits and Starlings, are 

 passing southwards daily.' 



To F. D. Drewitt. 



' Lilford : January 24, 1895. 



' I am very glad to hear that you are to have 

 a holiday and to spend it in such an interesting 

 trip. The Duke of Hamilton will remember our 

 Bustard-shooting expedition in the marisma of 

 the Guadalquivir in 1872, and I beg to be very 

 kindly remembered to him. 



' The special thing that I want from Tenerife 

 is the Teydean Chaffinch (alive), jFYin^ttta Teydea ; 

 it is found upon the Peak of Tenerife only, and 



there only in one zone. Ask for one G , at 



Orotava, who knows all about the birds of the 

 Islands, and has committed ghastly atrocities 

 in plundering nests of Cream-coloured Courser, 



