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  Mr. 
  E. 
  G. 
  Meade- 
  Waldo 
  on 
  Birds 
  

  

  not 
  confined 
  to 
  tlie 
  coast, 
  but 
  inhabits 
  suitable 
  clifi's 
  inland. 
  

   In 
  Fuerteventura 
  tliei'e 
  is 
  a 
  deep 
  cave, 
  running 
  almost 
  straight 
  

   down 
  in 
  a 
  level 
  plain, 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  home 
  of 
  many 
  hundreds. 
  

   The 
  natives 
  occasionally 
  draw 
  a 
  net 
  over 
  the 
  opening 
  at 
  night 
  

   and 
  catch 
  large 
  quantities. 
  

  

  89. 
  CoLUMBA 
  BOLLEi. 
  Bolle's 
  Pigeon. 
  [Paloma 
  Tur- 
  

   queza, 
  or 
  Turcon, 
  La 
  Palma.) 
  

  

  This 
  laurel-loving 
  Pigeon 
  inhabits 
  all 
  the 
  suitable 
  grounds 
  

   in 
  the 
  islands 
  of 
  Tenerife, 
  Gomera, 
  La 
  Palma, 
  and 
  Gran 
  

   Canaria,in 
  which 
  island, 
  however. 
  Canon 
  Tristram 
  reports 
  it 
  to 
  

   be 
  very 
  scarce, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  almost 
  complete 
  destruction 
  of 
  

   the 
  old 
  laurel-forests. 
  In 
  Tenerife, 
  ever 
  since 
  we 
  went 
  there 
  in 
  

   1887, 
  it 
  has 
  become 
  very 
  rare 
  in 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  of 
  Orotava 
  

   and 
  Santa 
  Ursula. 
  In 
  La 
  Palma 
  and 
  Gomera 
  it 
  appeared 
  to 
  

   be 
  fairly 
  abundant. 
  It 
  lays 
  but 
  one 
  egg, 
  and 
  breeds 
  all 
  the 
  

   year 
  round, 
  but 
  principally 
  in 
  winter 
  and 
  early 
  spring. 
  

  

  90. 
  CoLUMBA 
  LAURivoRA. 
  Cauariau 
  Pigcou. 
  {Rabi 
  bianco, 
  

   Rovalvo, 
  Rabichi, 
  or 
  Ravil.) 
  

  

  This 
  Pigeon 
  inhabits 
  the 
  steep 
  slopes 
  and 
  deep 
  barrancos, 
  

   with 
  sides 
  and 
  ledges 
  covered 
  with 
  laurel-scrub, 
  in 
  the 
  islands 
  

   of 
  Gomera 
  and 
  La 
  Palma. 
  In 
  La 
  Palma 
  it 
  feeds 
  largely 
  on 
  

   the 
  fruit 
  of 
  the 
  til-tree 
  [Or 
  e.odwphne 
  fastens). 
  In 
  Gomera 
  a 
  

   few 
  used 
  occasionally 
  to 
  drop 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  almost 
  inaccessible 
  

   slopes 
  they 
  lived 
  in 
  into 
  the 
  barley- 
  and 
  flax-fields 
  at 
  the 
  

   foot 
  of 
  the 
  mountain 
  to 
  feed. 
  I 
  noticed 
  that 
  in 
  1888 
  a 
  

   great 
  deal 
  of 
  the 
  fruit 
  of 
  the 
  vinatigo 
  and 
  laurel 
  was 
  blighted, 
  

   so 
  probably 
  that 
  was 
  the 
  reason. 
  The 
  peasants 
  said 
  they 
  had 
  

   never 
  seen 
  them 
  do 
  it 
  before. 
  In 
  La 
  Palma 
  they 
  come 
  into 
  

   the 
  cherry-trees 
  to 
  eat 
  the 
  fruit. 
  The 
  Canarian 
  Pigeon 
  does 
  

   not 
  appear 
  to 
  breed 
  before 
  May, 
  and 
  nests 
  throughout 
  the 
  

   summer 
  ; 
  it 
  lays 
  but 
  one 
  e.g'^ 
  on 
  a 
  stump 
  or 
  a 
  ledge, 
  in 
  the 
  

   most 
  impossible 
  places 
  to 
  get 
  at. 
  

  

  91. 
  TuRTUR 
  COMMUNIS. 
  Turtle 
  Dove. 
  (Toi'tola.) 
  

  

  A 
  common 
  summer 
  visitor 
  to 
  many 
  parts 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  islands, 
  

   but 
  somewhat 
  local; 
  a 
  few 
  spend 
  the 
  winter 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  

   islands. 
  

  

  