﻿observed 
  in 
  the 
  Canary 
  Islands. 
  201 
  

  

  92. 
  Caccabis 
  rufa. 
  Red-legged 
  Partridge. 
  [Perdiz.) 
  

   This 
  Partridge 
  is 
  found 
  only 
  in 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Gran 
  Canaria, 
  

  

  where 
  it 
  is 
  fairly 
  abundant 
  from 
  the 
  highest 
  cumbres 
  to 
  the 
  

   coast. 
  

  

  93. 
  Caccabis 
  petrosa. 
  Barbary 
  Partridge. 
  {Perdiz.) 
  

   This 
  species 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  Tenerife, 
  Gomera, 
  and 
  Lanzarote. 
  

  

  In 
  Lanzarote 
  it 
  is 
  confined 
  to 
  one 
  particular 
  lava-flow, 
  

   which 
  seems 
  strange, 
  as 
  many 
  other 
  parts 
  seem 
  suitable 
  to 
  

   its 
  habits. 
  In 
  Gomera 
  it 
  abounds 
  everywhere, 
  and, 
  con- 
  

   sidering 
  the 
  treatment 
  it 
  receives 
  in 
  Tenerife 
  at 
  all 
  seasons, 
  

   holds 
  its 
  own 
  wonderfully. 
  It 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  all 
  localities 
  except 
  

   on 
  the 
  plains 
  at 
  Laguna, 
  a 
  large 
  corn-growing 
  tract, 
  but 
  

   favours 
  the 
  barrancos 
  and 
  rough 
  volcanic 
  ground 
  known 
  as 
  

   '' 
  Mai 
  pais.'-" 
  In 
  La 
  Palma, 
  although 
  it 
  has 
  repeatedly 
  been 
  

   introduced, 
  for 
  some 
  unknown 
  reason 
  it 
  will 
  not 
  establish 
  

   itself. 
  

  

  94. 
  CoTURNix 
  COMMUNIS. 
  Quail. 
  {Codorniz.) 
  

  

  A 
  most 
  abundant 
  resident 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  islands, 
  and 
  numbers 
  

   of 
  migrants 
  arrive 
  in 
  the 
  very 
  early 
  spring. 
  There 
  does 
  not 
  

   appear 
  to 
  be 
  any 
  migration 
  away 
  from 
  the 
  islands, 
  at 
  any 
  

   'rate 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  western 
  group. 
  They 
  rear 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  

   bevies 
  in 
  the 
  year. 
  When 
  caught, 
  this 
  Quail 
  becomes 
  per- 
  

   fectly 
  tame 
  at 
  once, 
  thus 
  diflfering 
  widely 
  from 
  those 
  which 
  

   are 
  obtained 
  in 
  England. 
  

  

  95. 
  Pterocles 
  arenarius. 
  Black-breasted 
  Sand-Grouse. 
  

   {Gang 
  a.) 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  common 
  resident 
  in 
  Fuerteventura, 
  but 
  

   much 
  less 
  so 
  in 
  Lanzarote. 
  It 
  occasionally 
  comes 
  to 
  Gran 
  

   Canaria. 
  

  

  96. 
  Porzana 
  maruetta. 
  Spotted 
  Crake. 
  

   A 
  not 
  very 
  unfrequent 
  winter 
  visitor. 
  

  

  97. 
  PoRZANA 
  bailloni. 
  BaiUou's 
  Crake. 
  

  

  This 
  Crake 
  occurs 
  during 
  most 
  winters 
  at 
  Laguna. 
  

  

  98. 
  PoRZANA 
  PARVA. 
  Little 
  Crake. 
  

  

  Of 
  this 
  species 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  two 
  examples 
  at 
  Laguna. 
  

  

  