﻿observed 
  in 
  the 
  Canary 
  Islands. 
  199 
  

  

  79. 
  BoTAURus 
  sTELLARis. 
  Bittern. 
  

  

  The 
  Bittern 
  occasionally 
  occurs 
  at 
  Laguna. 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  

   one 
  and 
  heard 
  of 
  another. 
  

  

  80. 
  CicoNiA 
  ALBA. 
  White 
  Stork. 
  {Cigilena.) 
  

  

  Sixteen 
  White 
  Storks 
  frequented 
  the 
  plains 
  of 
  Laguna 
  in 
  

   the 
  winter 
  of 
  1890-91. 
  Four 
  of 
  them 
  were 
  shot 
  by 
  a 
  

   wretched 
  boy 
  at 
  one 
  discharge 
  of 
  his 
  gun 
  ; 
  no 
  others 
  were 
  

   killed. 
  

  

  81. 
  Platalea 
  leucorodia. 
  Spoonbill. 
  {Cuchareta.) 
  

   The 
  Spoonbill 
  has 
  been 
  killed 
  in 
  Tenerife 
  and 
  visits 
  the 
  

  

  shores 
  of 
  Fuerteventura 
  in 
  small 
  flocks, 
  especially 
  the 
  coast 
  

   by 
  Toston. 
  

  

  82. 
  Phcenicopterus 
  roseus. 
  Flamingo. 
  (Flamenco.) 
  

   The 
  remains 
  of 
  a 
  dead 
  Flamingo 
  were 
  all 
  I 
  saw, 
  but 
  it 
  

  

  seems 
  well 
  known 
  to 
  the 
  fishermen 
  on 
  the 
  eastern 
  islands. 
  

   They 
  also 
  described 
  to 
  me 
  a 
  larger 
  grey 
  bird 
  as 
  occasionally 
  

   appearing, 
  which 
  was 
  doubtless 
  the 
  Common 
  Crane 
  [Grus 
  

   cinerea) 
  . 
  

  

  83. 
  Anas 
  boschas. 
  Wild 
  Duck. 
  [Pato 
  real.) 
  

  

  In 
  wet 
  seasons 
  a 
  good 
  many 
  Wild 
  Ducks 
  visit 
  the 
  Laguna 
  

   plains, 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  also 
  come 
  to 
  the 
  tanks 
  in 
  the 
  valleys. 
  In 
  

   the 
  winter 
  of 
  1890-91 
  many 
  were 
  killed. 
  

  

  84. 
  Spatula 
  clypeata. 
  Shoveller. 
  [Pato.) 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  seen 
  only 
  one, 
  which 
  I 
  shot 
  in 
  a 
  tank 
  by 
  our 
  

   house. 
  

  

  85. 
  Querquedula 
  crecca. 
  Common 
  Teal. 
  {Pato.) 
  

   The 
  Teal 
  is 
  not 
  very 
  uncommon 
  in 
  wet 
  winters, 
  but 
  does 
  

  

  not 
  come 
  in 
  large 
  flocks, 
  like 
  the 
  Ducks. 
  

  

  86. 
  FuLiGULA 
  FERiNA. 
  Pochard. 
  [Pato.) 
  

  

  A 
  small 
  flock 
  of 
  Pochards 
  frequented 
  the 
  tanks 
  by 
  the 
  

   Botanical 
  Gardens 
  in 
  1889. 
  

  

  87. 
  Mareca 
  PENELOPE. 
  Wigcon. 
  {Pato.) 
  

   I 
  have 
  seen 
  but 
  one 
  Wigeon. 
  

  

  88. 
  CoLUMBA 
  LiviA. 
  Rock-Dovc. 
  {Paloma 
  salvaje.) 
  

   The 
  Rock-Dove 
  is 
  abundant 
  throughout 
  the 
  islands, 
  and 
  is 
  

  

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