LOCAL OBSERVATION 35 



" December igt/t, 1889. 



" Did you shoot any of the Hierro ravens ? And do 

 they in any way differ from the ordinary type ? 



" I presume that Hierro is the least-known island of 

 the Canarian group ; from your account it would not be 

 a very eligible residence for any length of time, but in 

 my younger days I would have made acquaintance with 

 those big lizards,* or known the reason why." l 



1 To E. G. B. Meade-Waldo, Esq. 



* Lacerta simoni. Simony's Lizard. A very large lizard that is 

 confined to a small rocky island little more than a rock off the 

 coast of Hierro. There are two of these rocks, the Zalmones, on 

 only one of which the lizard lives viz., that farthest from the shore. 

 Owing to almost continuous surf it is rarely possible to land. This 

 lizard feeds on crabs. 



The Hierro raven is C. tingitanus, the Tangier raven. 

 E. G. B. M-W. 



