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Early in February numerous small flocks used to frequent the 

 ground between Las Palmas and the Port, and many were 

 shot on tbe hillside behind the Santa Catalina Hotel. They 

 are much more rare in the south of the island, but are 

 sparsely distributed even to the most southerly points, where 

 I have seen examples in the Barranco de Mogan and in the 

 grain-fieUls of ^Maspalomas. Occasionally these birds wander 

 to the Cumbres, and while encamped there at 5G50 ft. I 

 came across a large flock. 



This is a resident species in the liills, but I believe that its 

 numbers are augmented in February, although I have not 

 actvially observed migration taking place. Certainly at some 

 seasons of the year it appears to be much more plentihd 

 than at others. 



FltlNGILLA TEYDEA POLATZEKI. (Plate XII.) 



FringiUa teydea jwlaizeki Hartert, Orn. Monatsb. 1905*, 

 p. 164.; Polatzek, Orn. Jahrb. 1909, p. 4 ; Thanner, Orn. 

 Jahrb. xxi. p. 93 (1910) ; Banncrman, Ibis, April 1911, 

 pp. 401-2. 



a. (^ . Pinar between Cueva de las Ninas and Juncal, 

 900 metres. 24th Jan. ^0. 



b. ? . Outskirts of Pinar, Cueva de las Ninas, 760 

 metres. 24th Jan. '10. 



c-e. (^ ? ? . Above Juncal, 4000 ft. 6th Feb. '11. 



/. c^ . Pinar above Cueva dc las Ninas, 3200 ft. lOih 

 Feb. '11. 



(/. J . Pinar above Cueva de las Ninas, 3700 ft. 10th 

 Feb. '11. 



//. ? . Pijiar above Juncal, 40C0 ft. 11th Feb. '11. 



Ii'is reddish brown ; bill bluish horn-coloured ; feet grey- 

 brown with pinkish tinge or slate-coloured (specimen a). 



Total length in tlesh 7*2 inches ; tip of wings to tip of 

 tail 1*6 inches ; expanse of wings lO'o inches. 



The two females shot on the 6tli of February had the eggs 

 in the ovary quite undeveloped. 



