﻿198 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  G. 
  Meade-Waldo 
  on 
  Birds 
  

  

  zarote, 
  close 
  by, 
  the 
  dark 
  form 
  again 
  occurs, 
  although 
  the 
  

   islands 
  have 
  almost 
  similar 
  features. 
  

  

  70. 
  Pandion 
  HALiAiixus. 
  Osprey. 
  {Gincho.) 
  

  

  The 
  Osprey 
  inhabits 
  all 
  the 
  islands, 
  especially 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  

   eastern 
  group 
  and 
  the 
  rocks 
  and 
  islets 
  surrounding 
  them. 
  

   They 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  most 
  abundant 
  in 
  the 
  summer. 
  I 
  have 
  

   seen 
  them 
  take 
  gold-fish 
  out 
  of 
  a 
  tank. 
  When 
  on 
  the 
  point 
  

   of 
  Fuerteventura 
  known 
  as 
  landia, 
  we 
  were 
  surprised 
  to 
  see 
  

   the 
  Ospreys 
  waiting 
  about 
  with 
  the 
  Gulls 
  for 
  small 
  fishes 
  

   and 
  scraps 
  thrown 
  away 
  by 
  a 
  party 
  of 
  fishermen 
  who 
  were 
  

   camped 
  on 
  the 
  beach 
  salting 
  fish. 
  

  

  71. 
  SuLA 
  BAssANA. 
  Gaunct. 
  

  

  The 
  Gannet 
  is 
  occasionally 
  abundant 
  round 
  the 
  islands, 
  

   especially 
  between 
  Fuerteventura 
  and 
  Cape 
  Juby. 
  

  

  72. 
  AiiDEA 
  ciNEREA. 
  Hcron. 
  (Garza.) 
  

  

  The 
  Heron 
  frequents 
  all 
  the 
  coasts 
  and 
  tanks, 
  especially 
  

   in 
  winter. 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  think 
  that 
  they 
  breed 
  in 
  the 
  Canaries, 
  but 
  

   am 
  not 
  sure. 
  Although 
  many 
  spend 
  the 
  summer 
  there, 
  I 
  

   never 
  saw 
  one 
  in 
  breeding-plumage. 
  

  

  73. 
  Ardea 
  purpurea. 
  Purple 
  Heron. 
  {Garza 
  real.) 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  seen 
  only 
  one 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  Purple 
  Heron, 
  which 
  

   had 
  been 
  shot 
  at 
  Laguna. 
  

  

  74. 
  Ardea 
  bubulcus. 
  Bufi'-backed 
  Heron. 
  

   An 
  occasional 
  straggler. 
  

  

  75. 
  Ardea 
  ralloides. 
  Squacco 
  Heron. 
  

   Somewhat 
  more 
  frequent 
  than 
  the 
  last. 
  

  

  76. 
  Nycticorax 
  griseus. 
  Night-Heron. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  only 
  seen 
  one 
  ; 
  it 
  had 
  been 
  shot 
  at 
  Laguna. 
  

  

  77. 
  Ardetta 
  sturmi 
  (Wagl.). 
  Sturm's 
  Bittern. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  seen 
  au 
  example 
  of 
  this 
  bird, 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  shot 
  

   at 
  Laguna. 
  

  

  78. 
  Ardetta 
  minuta. 
  Little 
  Bittern. 
  

  

  A 
  Little 
  Bittern 
  was 
  caught 
  alive 
  in 
  Puerto 
  Orotava 
  in 
  

   1890. 
  I 
  have 
  kept 
  it 
  in 
  confinement 
  ever 
  since. 
  

  

  