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  Mr. 
  E. 
  G. 
  Meade- 
  Waldo 
  on 
  Birds 
  

  

  58. 
  Strix 
  flammea. 
  Barn-Owl. 
  {Lechuza.) 
  

  

  The 
  Barn-Owl 
  is 
  resident^ 
  but 
  not 
  abundant 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  com- 
  

   monest 
  in 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  of 
  Laguna, 
  Tenerife. 
  I 
  have 
  

   never 
  seen 
  more 
  than 
  two 
  eggs 
  in 
  a 
  nest. 
  

  

  59. 
  Asio 
  oTus. 
  Long-eared 
  Owl. 
  [Coruja.) 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  the 
  common 
  Owl 
  of 
  the 
  islands, 
  and 
  is 
  generally 
  

   distributed, 
  living 
  in 
  caves, 
  in 
  the 
  thickly-wooded 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  

   barrancos, 
  in 
  the 
  evergreens 
  and 
  palm-trees, 
  in 
  the 
  towns, 
  

   and 
  in 
  the 
  Euphorbia 
  canariensis 
  on 
  the 
  most 
  arid 
  lava- 
  

   flows. 
  

  

  60. 
  Asio 
  BRACHYOTus. 
  Short-cared 
  Owl. 
  

  

  An 
  occasional 
  winter 
  visitor. 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  only 
  two 
  

   examples. 
  

  

  61. 
  Neophron 
  percnopterus. 
  Egyptian 
  Vulture. 
  

   {Guii're.^ 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  Vulture 
  we 
  saw 
  in 
  the 
  Canaries 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  

   common 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  islands 
  except 
  La 
  Palma 
  and 
  Hierro, 
  

   where 
  we 
  could 
  not 
  see 
  or 
  hear 
  of 
  it. 
  It 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  most 
  

   abundant 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  islands, 
  and 
  is 
  especially 
  numerous 
  

   in 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  of 
  Las 
  Palmas, 
  Gran 
  Canaria. 
  In 
  

   Fuerteventura 
  it 
  sometimes 
  places 
  its 
  nest 
  in 
  very 
  accessible 
  

   places. 
  

  

  62. 
  BuTEO 
  vulgaris. 
  Buzzard. 
  [Aguililla). 
  

   Common 
  and 
  resident 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  islands. 
  Many 
  migrants 
  

  

  occasionally 
  arrive. 
  In 
  the 
  autumn 
  of 
  1890 
  I 
  saw 
  fifteen 
  

   together, 
  sitting 
  on 
  a 
  wall, 
  and 
  so 
  tame 
  that 
  they 
  let 
  me 
  walk 
  

   along 
  and 
  examine 
  them 
  at 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  fif- 
  

   teen 
  yards. 
  I 
  shot 
  one 
  that 
  had 
  an 
  almost 
  pure 
  white 
  breast 
  ; 
  

   it 
  was 
  a 
  young 
  bird, 
  and 
  had 
  nothing 
  either 
  in 
  the 
  crop 
  or 
  

   stomach. 
  Although 
  it 
  almost 
  invariably 
  builds 
  in 
  a 
  cliff 
  or 
  

   on 
  the 
  steep 
  side 
  of 
  a 
  barranco, 
  "we 
  once 
  found 
  a 
  nest 
  in 
  a 
  

   laurel 
  tree 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Icod. 
  Strange 
  to 
  say, 
  we 
  

   never 
  saw 
  Buteo 
  desei'tarum. 
  

  

  63. 
  Pernis 
  APivoRUs. 
  Honey-Buzzard. 
  

   An 
  accidental 
  visitor; 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  only 
  two. 
  

  

  