﻿observed 
  in 
  the 
  Canary 
  Islands. 
  189 
  

  

  placed 
  up 
  in 
  the 
  branches 
  of 
  a 
  tree. 
  I 
  have 
  never 
  seen 
  a 
  

   typical 
  Erithacus 
  rubecula 
  in 
  Tenerife, 
  or 
  a 
  Tenerifian 
  Red- 
  

   breast 
  in 
  any 
  other 
  island 
  except 
  Tenerife 
  and 
  Grand 
  Canary. 
  

   At 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  plenty 
  of 
  Redbreasts 
  from 
  Europe 
  are 
  almost 
  

   or 
  quite 
  as 
  bright 
  as 
  the 
  Tenerife 
  bird, 
  although 
  E. 
  superbus 
  

   has 
  a 
  different 
  look 
  about 
  it. 
  

  

  10. 
  Erithacus 
  rubecula. 
  Redbreast. 
  

  

  The 
  Common 
  Redbreast 
  is 
  abundaot 
  in 
  the 
  islands 
  of 
  

   Gomera, 
  Palma, 
  and 
  Hierro. 
  

  

  11. 
  Sylvia 
  conspicillata. 
  Spectacled 
  Warbler. 
  [Ra- 
  

   tonero.) 
  

  

  Abundant 
  everywhere 
  from 
  the 
  coast 
  up 
  to 
  3500 
  feet, 
  

   getting 
  scarcer 
  the 
  higher 
  it 
  goes. 
  In 
  summer 
  some 
  are 
  

   found 
  up 
  to 
  6000 
  feet. 
  It 
  frequents 
  also 
  the 
  hottest 
  plains 
  

   by 
  the 
  sea 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  island, 
  where 
  nothing 
  

   but 
  cactus 
  and 
  euphorbia 
  grows. 
  

  

  12. 
  Sylvia 
  melanocephala. 
  Black-headed 
  Warbler. 
  

   [Capirote 
  Colorado.) 
  

  

  Another 
  abundant 
  resident, 
  but 
  scarce 
  near 
  the 
  coast. 
  It 
  

   frequents 
  all 
  the 
  thick 
  scrub 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  highest 
  tops. 
  In 
  

   Fuerteventura 
  it 
  is 
  common 
  in 
  the 
  tamarisk 
  valleys. 
  

  

  13. 
  Sylvia 
  atricapilla. 
  Blackcap. 
  {Capirote.) 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  an 
  abundant 
  resident, 
  except 
  in 
  Lanzarote 
  and 
  

   Fuerteventura. 
  Large 
  numbers 
  of 
  migrants 
  also 
  arrive 
  in 
  

   the 
  autumn. 
  It 
  does 
  not 
  ascend 
  very 
  high 
  up 
  the 
  mountain 
  

   as 
  a 
  rule, 
  but 
  I 
  have 
  on 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  occasions 
  seen 
  large 
  

   numbers 
  of 
  hens 
  in 
  the 
  laurel-forests. 
  Sj/lvia 
  heinekeni, 
  

   the 
  black-throated 
  variety, 
  in 
  the 
  Canaries, 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  con- 
  

   fined 
  to 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Palma. 
  

  

  14. 
  Regulus 
  teneriftE, 
  Seebohm, 
  Brit. 
  Birds, 
  i. 
  p. 
  459. 
  

   Canarian 
  Gold-crest. 
  

  

  The 
  Canarian 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  Gold-crest 
  is 
  abundant 
  in 
  all 
  

   the 
  western 
  islands, 
  frequenting 
  the 
  high 
  ground, 
  tree-heath, 
  

   and 
  pine- 
  and 
  laurel-woods. 
  It 
  lays 
  from 
  three 
  to 
  five 
  eggs, 
  

   indistinsruishable 
  from 
  those 
  of 
  R. 
  cristatus. 
  

  

  