﻿observed 
  in 
  the 
  Canary 
  Islands. 
  

  

  187 
  

  

  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  Hierro, 
  several 
  times. 
  Of 
  the 
  smaller 
  

   outlying 
  uninhabited 
  rocks, 
  I 
  went 
  only 
  to 
  Graciosa, 
  and 
  I 
  

   was 
  there 
  too 
  early 
  for 
  the 
  Petrels, 
  which 
  come 
  in 
  great 
  

   numbers 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  May. 
  

  

  1. 
  TuRDUs 
  Musicus. 
  Soug-Thrush. 
  (I'ordo.) 
  

  

  The 
  Song-Thrush 
  is 
  an 
  abundant 
  winter 
  visitor 
  to 
  the 
  

   high 
  ground. 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  remember 
  to 
  have 
  seen 
  it 
  lower 
  than 
  

   about 
  1800 
  feet. 
  A 
  few 
  remain 
  until 
  April. 
  

  

  2. 
  TuRDUs 
  PILARIS. 
  Fieldfare. 
  

  

  The 
  Fieldfare 
  is, 
  apparently, 
  an 
  accidental 
  straggler, 
  as 
  we 
  

   saw 
  only 
  one 
  while 
  we 
  were 
  in 
  the 
  Canaries. 
  

  

  3. 
  TuRDUs 
  MERULA. 
  Blackbird. 
  {Mirlo.) 
  

  

  The 
  Blackbird 
  is 
  an 
  abundant 
  resident, 
  breeding 
  from 
  the 
  

   gardens 
  at 
  the 
  sea-level 
  to 
  as 
  high 
  as 
  any 
  scrub 
  grows. 
  Like 
  

   many 
  Canarian 
  species, 
  it 
  lays 
  very 
  few 
  eggs, 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  

   being 
  the 
  usual 
  clutch, 
  and 
  very 
  frequently 
  only 
  one 
  is 
  laid 
  . 
  

   Occasionally 
  there 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  large 
  influx 
  of 
  migrants, 
  

   consisting 
  principally 
  of 
  males. 
  

  

  