﻿observed 
  in 
  the 
  Canary 
  Islands. 
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  37. 
  Petronia 
  stulta. 
  Yellow-throated 
  Rock-Sparrow. 
  

   [Ti'iqueno.) 
  

  

  Common 
  and 
  resident 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  islands 
  except 
  Fuerte- 
  

   ventura 
  and 
  Lanzarote. 
  

  

  38. 
  Fringilla 
  caxariensis. 
  Tintillon 
  Chaffinch. 
  {Chin- 
  

   chillon, 
  Chuve.) 
  

  

  This 
  Chaffinch 
  is 
  fairly 
  abundant 
  in 
  all 
  suitable 
  places 
  in 
  

   Tenerife, 
  Gran 
  Canaria, 
  and 
  Gomera. 
  In 
  winter 
  it 
  occa- 
  

   sionally 
  comes 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  gardens 
  at 
  sea-level, 
  but 
  does 
  not 
  

   breed 
  lower 
  than 
  about 
  2000 
  feet. 
  It 
  lays 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  eggs, 
  

   occasionally 
  four. 
  The 
  earliest 
  clutch 
  I 
  ever 
  took 
  was 
  on 
  

   May 
  16th. 
  It 
  not 
  unfrequentiy 
  lays 
  white 
  eggs. 
  

  

  39. 
  Fringilla 
  palm^, 
  Tristram, 
  Ann. 
  & 
  Mag. 
  N. 
  H. 
  ser. 
  6, 
  

   iii. 
  p. 
  489. 
  Palman 
  Chaffinch. 
  {Pajaro 
  de 
  monte.) 
  

  

  The 
  Palman 
  Chaffinch 
  is 
  very 
  common 
  in 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  

   Palma, 
  and 
  ranges 
  right 
  through 
  the 
  pine-forests. 
  Its 
  song 
  

   and 
  call-notes 
  are 
  quite 
  different 
  from 
  those 
  oiF. 
  canariensis. 
  

   In 
  Hierro 
  an 
  intermediate 
  form 
  between 
  this 
  and 
  F. 
  cana- 
  

   riensis 
  occurs. 
  

  

  40. 
  Fringilla 
  teydea. 
  Teydean 
  Chaffinch. 
  [Pajaro 
  

   azul.) 
  

  

  This 
  beautiful 
  Chaffinch, 
  I 
  am 
  glad 
  to 
  say, 
  appears 
  to 
  hold 
  

   its 
  own 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  pine-forests 
  of 
  Tenerife, 
  and 
  in 
  one 
  district 
  

   seems 
  to 
  increase, 
  owing, 
  I 
  believe, 
  to 
  a 
  war 
  waged 
  against 
  

   all 
  the 
  Sparrow-Hawks 
  that 
  breed 
  there 
  and 
  that 
  evidently 
  

   feed 
  on 
  the 
  poor 
  " 
  Azules." 
  They 
  are 
  the 
  tamest 
  birds 
  

   imaginable 
  ; 
  when 
  we 
  were 
  camped 
  in 
  the 
  pine-forest 
  they 
  

   would 
  freely 
  come 
  into 
  our 
  tent 
  to 
  feed, 
  and 
  would 
  anxiously 
  

   wait 
  for 
  us 
  to 
  liberate 
  from 
  our 
  fingers 
  a 
  butterfly 
  that 
  had 
  

   been 
  captured. 
  Though 
  feeding 
  on 
  the 
  pine-seed, 
  they 
  do 
  

   equally 
  well 
  without 
  it 
  in 
  confinement, 
  but 
  appear 
  to 
  want 
  

   a 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  insect 
  food. 
  They 
  seem 
  perfectly 
  hardy, 
  a 
  

   fine 
  old 
  cock 
  in 
  our 
  aviary 
  having 
  been 
  out 
  all 
  through 
  the 
  

   winters 
  of 
  1891 
  and 
  1892. 
  The 
  nest 
  is 
  built 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  

   June, 
  and 
  two 
  eggs 
  only 
  are 
  laid. 
  

  

  41. 
  Linota 
  cannabina. 
  Linnet. 
  [Millero.) 
  

  

  The 
  Linnet 
  is 
  abundant 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  islands, 
  and 
  except 
  in 
  

  

  