﻿observed 
  in 
  the 
  Canary 
  Islands. 
  191 
  

  

  three 
  to 
  six 
  eggs, 
  not 
  unfrequently 
  a 
  clutch 
  of 
  pure 
  white 
  ones, 
  

   and 
  occasionally 
  some 
  of 
  a 
  bright 
  brick-red 
  colour. 
  It 
  is 
  

   rather 
  larger 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  longer 
  tail 
  than 
  our 
  English 
  bird. 
  

  

  23. 
  Anthus 
  TRiviALis. 
  Trec-Pipit. 
  

  

  A 
  very 
  rare 
  straggler. 
  1 
  have 
  seen 
  but 
  two 
  of 
  them. 
  

  

  24. 
  Anthus 
  campestris. 
  Tawny 
  Pipit. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  seen 
  this 
  Pipit 
  only 
  in 
  Fuerteventura, 
  where 
  it 
  was 
  

   common 
  in 
  spring. 
  

  

  25. 
  Anthus 
  behtheloti. 
  Berthelot's 
  Pipit. 
  [Caminero 
  

   or 
  Corre-camino.) 
  

  

  Abundant 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  islands 
  from 
  the 
  coast 
  to 
  the 
  highest 
  

   cumbres. 
  It 
  is 
  least 
  abundant 
  in 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  La 
  Palma. 
  

   I 
  have 
  never 
  seen 
  the 
  least 
  variation 
  in 
  the 
  colour 
  of 
  its 
  

   eggs. 
  

  

  26. 
  Oriolus 
  galbula. 
  Golden 
  Oriole. 
  [Oropendola.) 
  

   The 
  Golden 
  Oriole 
  is 
  an 
  irregular 
  but 
  occasionally 
  nu- 
  

   merous 
  spring 
  visitor. 
  

  

  27. 
  Lanius 
  algeriensis. 
  Algerian 
  Grey 
  Shrike. 
  {Al- 
  

   cairon.) 
  

  

  This 
  Shrike 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  Canary 
  Islands, 
  and 
  is 
  ex- 
  

   ceedingly 
  numerous 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  group. 
  It 
  is 
  strange 
  that 
  

   s]3ecimens 
  from 
  the 
  eastern 
  islands 
  should 
  diflFer 
  from 
  the 
  

   mainland 
  form 
  more 
  than 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  western 
  islands 
  do. 
  

   The 
  Shrikes 
  of 
  Fuerteventura 
  and 
  Graciosa 
  are 
  far 
  paler 
  

   on 
  the 
  underparts 
  than 
  Moroccan 
  specimens. 
  In 
  the 
  western 
  

   islands 
  they 
  are 
  darker, 
  but 
  still 
  not 
  so 
  dark 
  as 
  the 
  majority 
  

   of 
  examples 
  of 
  L. 
  alyeriensis 
  from 
  the 
  mainland. 
  In 
  Tene- 
  

   rife 
  this 
  Shrike 
  is 
  abundant 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  island, 
  

   and 
  is 
  fairly 
  plentiful 
  on 
  the 
  cumbres 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  canadas, 
  at 
  

   7000 
  feet, 
  but 
  very 
  rarely 
  comes 
  down 
  the 
  northern 
  slopes. 
  

   The 
  Shrikes 
  from 
  the 
  high 
  ground 
  are 
  darker 
  in 
  colour 
  than 
  

   those 
  on 
  the 
  coast. 
  In 
  Fuerteventura 
  an 
  isabelline 
  variety 
  

   occurs, 
  and 
  I 
  took 
  a 
  young 
  sandy-coloured 
  bird 
  from 
  a 
  nest, 
  

   with 
  a 
  pure 
  white-breasted 
  cock 
  and 
  a 
  sandy 
  hen 
  for 
  its 
  

   parents. 
  The 
  young 
  one 
  brought 
  to 
  England 
  moulted 
  out 
  

  

  