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  Mr. 
  E. 
  G. 
  Meade- 
  Waldo 
  on 
  Birds 
  

  

  111. 
  Strepsilas 
  interpres. 
  Turnstone. 
  {Zarapito.) 
  

  

  A 
  regular 
  visitor 
  to 
  all 
  the 
  islands, 
  and 
  very 
  common 
  in 
  

   the 
  eastern 
  group. 
  Many 
  spend 
  the 
  summer 
  there, 
  and 
  

   though 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  them 
  in 
  pairs 
  in 
  June, 
  I 
  could 
  not 
  see 
  

   that 
  they 
  were 
  nesting. 
  The 
  peasants 
  assured 
  me 
  that 
  they 
  

   did 
  nest. 
  

  

  112. 
  HiEMATOPUs 
  CAPENsis, 
  Licht. 
  Black 
  Oyster-catcher. 
  

   {Corvino, 
  Grajo 
  de 
  mar, 
  Cuervo 
  marino.) 
  

  

  Not 
  numerous, 
  but 
  resident 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  islands 
  and 
  

   rocks. 
  It 
  breeds 
  very 
  late. 
  It 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  always 
  in 
  pairs 
  

   and 
  is 
  very 
  tame. 
  Its 
  voice 
  is 
  much 
  louder 
  and 
  stronger 
  

   than 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Common 
  Oyster-catcher. 
  

  

  113. 
  HiMANTOPUs 
  CANDiDUS. 
  Black-wiugcd 
  Stilt. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  only 
  heard 
  of 
  one 
  from 
  Fuerteventura, 
  but 
  I 
  had 
  a 
  

   picture 
  of 
  it 
  sent 
  to 
  me. 
  

  

  114. 
  ScoLOPAX 
  RUSTicuLA. 
  Woodcock. 
  {Gallinuela 
  or 
  

   Chocha 
  Perdiz.) 
  

  

  Resident 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  laurel 
  and 
  evergreen 
  forests. 
  Owing 
  to 
  

   the 
  density 
  of 
  the 
  woods. 
  Woodcocks 
  are 
  very 
  hard 
  to 
  see 
  when 
  

   flushed, 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  evenings 
  many 
  may 
  be 
  observed 
  on 
  wing. 
  

   In 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Gomera 
  they 
  are 
  particularly 
  numerous. 
  

   In 
  La 
  Palma, 
  where, 
  however, 
  they 
  are 
  well 
  known 
  by 
  the 
  

   name 
  of 
  " 
  Chocha 
  Perdiz 
  " 
  I 
  saw 
  very 
  few, 
  but 
  I 
  was 
  not 
  

   out 
  in 
  the 
  forests 
  in 
  the 
  dusk. 
  They 
  have 
  a 
  habit 
  here 
  in 
  

   the 
  spring 
  of 
  collecting 
  on 
  certain 
  grassy 
  plots 
  in 
  the 
  moun- 
  

   tains 
  to 
  strut 
  about 
  and 
  show 
  off. 
  Many 
  are 
  shot 
  at 
  this 
  

   time. 
  They 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  breeding 
  from 
  February 
  to 
  July, 
  as 
  

   I 
  have 
  had 
  fresh 
  eggs 
  in 
  both 
  months. 
  It 
  is 
  hard 
  to 
  say 
  to 
  

   what 
  extent 
  they 
  are 
  migratory, 
  but 
  we 
  never 
  saw 
  the 
  slightest 
  

   evidence 
  of 
  an 
  arrival 
  of 
  Woodcocks. 
  

  

  115. 
  Gallinago 
  ccelestis. 
  Common 
  Snipe. 
  (Gachona.) 
  

   A 
  regular 
  winter 
  visitor, 
  but 
  in 
  irregular 
  numbers. 
  It 
  is 
  

  

  sometimes 
  very 
  numerous 
  about 
  Laguna. 
  

  

  116. 
  Tringa 
  ALPiNA. 
  Dunlin. 
  

  

  Occasionally 
  numerous 
  on 
  migration, 
  but 
  rarer 
  in 
  the 
  

   eastern 
  islands. 
  

  

  