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  Mr. 
  E. 
  G. 
  Meade- 
  Waldo 
  on 
  Birds 
  

  

  before 
  them. 
  " 
  Pajaro 
  de 
  monte 
  " 
  usually 
  covers 
  all 
  birds 
  

   of 
  the 
  high 
  forest 
  or 
  scrub^ 
  and 
  " 
  Pajaro 
  de 
  Africa 
  " 
  all 
  

   visitors. 
  The 
  Gold-crest, 
  which 
  is 
  exceedingly 
  abundant, 
  

   appears 
  to 
  have 
  no 
  name 
  except 
  '^ 
  Pajaro 
  pequeTio 
  " 
  ! 
  which 
  

   it 
  certainly 
  is. 
  Everybody 
  distinguishes 
  all 
  the 
  birds 
  of 
  

   prey, 
  except 
  the 
  Peregrine, 
  which, 
  on 
  my 
  pointing 
  one 
  out 
  

   one 
  day 
  to 
  the 
  man 
  who 
  was 
  with 
  me, 
  sitting 
  on 
  a 
  rock 
  

   looking 
  at 
  us 
  about 
  twenty 
  yards 
  oif, 
  he 
  informed 
  me 
  was 
  a 
  

   kind 
  of 
  Coruja 
  (Owl). 
  The 
  Sparrow-Hawk 
  is 
  always 
  called 
  

   " 
  Halcdn," 
  not 
  " 
  GavilanJ" 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  Ducks 
  and 
  Waders, 
  doubtless 
  many 
  that 
  have 
  not 
  

   been 
  included 
  occasionally 
  wander 
  to 
  the 
  Canary 
  Islands, 
  

   for 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1890 
  numbers 
  of 
  birds 
  which 
  no 
  one 
  

   seemed 
  to 
  recognize 
  appeared. 
  And 
  the 
  islands 
  of 
  Montana 
  

   Clara, 
  Alegranza, 
  and 
  other 
  small 
  islands 
  and 
  rocks 
  would 
  

   well 
  repay 
  a 
  visit 
  in 
  the 
  months 
  of 
  June 
  and 
  July, 
  on 
  account 
  

   of 
  the 
  numerous 
  Petrels 
  that 
  breed 
  there. 
  

  

  An 
  Owl 
  {GJaucidium 
  siju), 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  included 
  in 
  

   the 
  list 
  of 
  Canarian 
  birds, 
  as 
  I 
  happen 
  to 
  know, 
  was 
  not 
  

   procured 
  at 
  Adeje, 
  Tenerife, 
  as 
  stated. 
  Don 
  Ramon 
  Gomez 
  

   showed 
  the 
  specimen 
  to 
  Canon 
  Tristram 
  and 
  myself, 
  and 
  on 
  

   our 
  expressing 
  doubts 
  as 
  to 
  its 
  occurrence 
  there, 
  told 
  us 
  it 
  

   had 
  come 
  from 
  Cuba. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  included 
  in 
  Dr. 
  Konig's 
  

   list, 
  but 
  Don 
  Ramon 
  tells 
  me 
  it 
  is 
  his 
  intention 
  to 
  undeceive 
  

   the 
  author*. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  mentioned 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  eggs 
  laid 
  by 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  

   species, 
  because 
  they 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  so 
  very 
  few 
  compared 
  with 
  

   what 
  are 
  laid 
  by 
  the 
  same 
  birds 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Isles. 
  More- 
  

   over, 
  ivhite 
  clutches 
  are 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  uncommon, 
  and 
  several 
  

   species 
  lay 
  most 
  curious 
  varieties, 
  none 
  of 
  them, 
  perhaps, 
  more 
  

   remarkable 
  than 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  Blackcap 
  {Sylvia 
  atricapilla) 
  , 
  

   which 
  not 
  unfrequently 
  lays 
  clutches 
  of 
  white 
  eggs, 
  spotted 
  

   at 
  the 
  larger 
  end 
  with 
  purplish 
  and 
  pale 
  violet. 
  The 
  

   Kestrel 
  lays 
  eggs 
  of 
  every 
  possible 
  variety 
  of 
  colouring, 
  white 
  

   being 
  not 
  rare 
  ; 
  while 
  the 
  Raven 
  {Corvus 
  tingitanus) 
  is 
  

   almost 
  as 
  erratic 
  in 
  the 
  colouring 
  of 
  its 
  eggs. 
  

  

  All 
  the 
  islands 
  of 
  the 
  Canary 
  group 
  have 
  been 
  visited, 
  and, 
  

  

  * 
  [Cf. 
  remarks, 
  Ibis, 
  1891, 
  p. 
  616.— 
  Ed.] 
  

  

  