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  Mr. 
  E. 
  G. 
  Meade-Waldo 
  on 
  Birds 
  

  

  4-, 
  4. 
  Saxicola 
  genanthe. 
  Wheatear. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  a 
  scarce 
  and 
  irregular 
  visitor 
  to 
  the 
  Laguna 
  plains 
  in 
  

   Tenerife. 
  

  

  5. 
  Pratincola 
  dacoti.e, 
  Meade- 
  Waldoj 
  Ibis, 
  1889, 
  p. 
  504, 
  

   pi. 
  XV. 
  Canarian 
  Chat. 
  

  

  Whether 
  or 
  not 
  this 
  Chat 
  deserves 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Canarian 
  

   remains 
  yet 
  to 
  be 
  proved, 
  as 
  it 
  probably 
  also 
  inhabits 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   vince 
  o£ 
  Sus, 
  adjoining 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Fuerteventura, 
  where 
  we 
  

   first 
  saw 
  it, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  Canarian 
  Archipelago 
  this 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  

   its 
  sole 
  habitat. 
  It 
  does 
  not 
  occur, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  we 
  could 
  see, 
  in 
  

   Lanzarote, 
  separated 
  by 
  only 
  a 
  narrow 
  strait 
  ; 
  in 
  fact, 
  we 
  

   never 
  saw 
  it 
  except 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  part 
  of 
  Fuerteventura. 
  

   It 
  was 
  not 
  rare, 
  and 
  seemed 
  generally 
  distributed 
  wherever 
  

   there 
  was 
  a 
  little 
  cover, 
  especially 
  frequenting 
  the 
  small 
  

   barrancos 
  on 
  the 
  low 
  hills. 
  Two 
  nests, 
  placed 
  under 
  stones, 
  

   contained 
  two 
  young 
  apiece, 
  and 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  old 
  birds 
  were 
  

   accompanied 
  by 
  two 
  young 
  ones. 
  Two 
  other 
  nests 
  contained 
  

   three 
  eggs 
  each. 
  It 
  was 
  a 
  very 
  tame 
  little 
  bird, 
  and 
  its 
  

   alarm-note 
  was 
  much 
  louder 
  and 
  sharper 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  our 
  

   Stonechat, 
  

  

  6. 
  RuTiciLL4 
  PH(ENicuRUS. 
  Redstart. 
  

  

  A 
  few 
  Redstarts 
  touch 
  at 
  the 
  islands 
  in 
  spring 
  and 
  

   autumn. 
  

  

  7. 
  RuTiciLLA 
  TiTYS. 
  Black 
  Redstart. 
  

  

  The 
  Black 
  Redstart 
  is 
  rather 
  more 
  frequent 
  than 
  the 
  last. 
  

  

  8. 
  Cyanecula 
  wolfi. 
  White-spotted 
  Bluethroat. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  seen 
  but 
  two 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  that 
  were 
  

   shot 
  at 
  Laguna. 
  

  

  9. 
  Erithacus 
  superbus, 
  Konig, 
  J. 
  f. 
  O. 
  1889, 
  p. 
  183. 
  

   Tenerifian 
  Redbreast. 
  (San 
  Antonio.) 
  

  

  The 
  Redbreast 
  with 
  brilliantV 
  red 
  throat 
  and 
  white 
  under- 
  

   parts 
  is 
  exceedingly 
  abundant 
  in 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Tenerife, 
  and 
  

   also 
  in 
  suitable 
  places 
  in 
  Grand 
  Canary, 
  frequenting 
  always 
  

   the 
  high 
  ground. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  eggs 
  laid 
  is 
  two 
  or 
  

   three, 
  occasionally 
  four, 
  and 
  the 
  nest 
  is 
  not 
  unfrequently 
  

  

  