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  Mr. 
  E. 
  G. 
  Meade-Waldo 
  on 
  Birch 
  

  

  into 
  a 
  dark 
  grey. 
  The 
  eggs 
  are 
  from 
  four 
  to 
  six, 
  and 
  vary 
  

   very 
  slightly 
  in 
  colour. 
  

  

  28. 
  Lanius 
  pomeranus. 
  Woodchat. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  seen 
  but 
  one 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  Shrike. 
  

  

  29. 
  MusciCAPA 
  GRisoLA. 
  Spotted 
  Flycatcher. 
  

   An 
  occasional 
  straggler. 
  

  

  30. 
  MusciCAPA 
  ATRicAPiLLA. 
  Piccl 
  Flycatclicr. 
  

   Like 
  the 
  last, 
  occasionally 
  met 
  with. 
  

  

  -^31. 
  HiRUNDO 
  RusTicA. 
  Swallow. 
  {Golondiina.) 
  

  

  A 
  spring 
  and 
  autumn 
  visitor, 
  occasionally 
  in 
  large 
  numbers 
  

   only 
  remaining 
  a 
  day 
  or 
  so, 
  as 
  a 
  rule. 
  

  

  32. 
  Chelidon 
  urbica. 
  Martin, 
  

  

  As 
  the 
  Chimney 
  Swallow, 
  but 
  more 
  irregular. 
  

  

  ^^33. 
  CoTiLE 
  RiPARiA. 
  Sand- 
  Martin. 
  

   I 
  have 
  only 
  seen 
  a 
  few, 
  in 
  1890-91. 
  

  

  _ 
  34. 
  Carduelis 
  elegans. 
  Goldfinch. 
  {Pajaro 
  pintado.) 
  

  

  The 
  Goldfinch 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  islands, 
  but 
  is 
  most 
  com- 
  

   mon 
  in 
  Grand 
  Canary, 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  side 
  of 
  Tenerife, 
  and 
  in 
  

   the 
  neighbourhood 
  of 
  Los 
  Llanos, 
  in 
  La 
  Palma. 
  It 
  is 
  rarer 
  

   and 
  more 
  local 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  islands. 
  

  

  35. 
  Serinus 
  canarius. 
  Canary. 
  [Pajaro 
  canario.) 
  

  

  The 
  Canary 
  is 
  very 
  common 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  islands 
  except 
  in 
  

   Fuerteventura 
  and 
  Lanzarote. 
  In 
  La 
  Palma 
  it 
  is 
  wonder- 
  

   fully 
  abundant, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  in 
  great 
  flocks 
  throughout 
  

   the 
  breeding-season, 
  as 
  if 
  there 
  was 
  not 
  room 
  for 
  all 
  to 
  pair 
  

   and 
  breed. 
  In 
  Tenerife 
  it 
  commences 
  breeding 
  near 
  the 
  

   coast 
  in 
  January 
  ; 
  while 
  in 
  the 
  high 
  mountains 
  it 
  breeds 
  in 
  

   June 
  and 
  July. 
  It 
  occasionally 
  lays 
  clutches 
  of 
  pure 
  white 
  

   eggs. 
  

  

  36. 
  Passer 
  salicicola. 
  Spanish 
  Sparrow. 
  [Palmero.) 
  

   The 
  Spanish 
  Sparrow 
  is 
  common 
  in 
  Gran 
  Canaria, 
  Fuerte- 
  

   ventura, 
  and 
  Lanzarote, 
  but 
  though 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  introduced 
  

   into 
  Tenerife, 
  it 
  fortunately 
  has 
  not 
  established 
  itself 
  there. 
  

  

  