28 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
Museum of Lisbon. M. Girard, from information obtained through 
M. Daveau, from Senhor Alfiedo B. da Silva, the principal lightkeeper on 
the Berlenga Island, and who has been resident there several years, gives 
the following list of birds which are known with certainty to frequent 
the Berlengas and Farilhoes groups. The Portuguese names are given 
with each :-— 
1. Ruticilla tithys, Scop. “ Rabiruivo.” Berlenga; very common. 
2. Upupa epops, L. ‘ Poupa.” Berlenga; rare. 
3. Corvus coraz, L. ‘“ Corvo.” Berlenga; a few. 
4. Passer domesticus, L. ‘ Pardal.” Berlenga; very common. 
5. Columba palumbus,* L. ‘“ Pombo bravo.” Berlenga; rare. 
6. Turtur auritus, Gray. “ Rola.” Berlenga; not common. 
7. Scolopax rusticola, L.  Gallinhola.” Berlenga ; rare. 
8. Uria troile, L. “ Airo.” Berlenga, Farilhao grande, &c.; common. 
9. Mormon arcticus, L. “Gallo do mar.” Berlenga; in small 
numbers. 
10. Phalacrocorax carbo, L. ‘“Corvyo marinho, Galleta.” Berlenga, 
Farilhao grande, &e.; very common. 
ll. Larus argentatus, Brnn. ‘ Gaivota.” Berlenga, Farilhao grande, 
&e. ; very common, 
12. Pufinus kuhlii, Boie. “ Pardella.” Berlenga and Farilhao grande ; 
not very common. 
Nos. 1, 5, 8,10, 11 and 12 are stated to breed, and doubtless also 
No. 4 does so. Besides these twelve species thirteen others are named, 
which do not seem to have been exactly identified by M. Girard; but he 
states that if they are known at the Berlengas by the same name as in the 
neighbourhood of Lisbon, they are as follows :—Muscicapa grisola, rare ; 
Phyllopseuste sp., common; Motacilla alba, common; Cidienemus 
crepitans and Charadrius pluvialis, rare; two other species of Charadrius 
which are abundant; Vanellus cristatus, rare; Numenius arquata, 
increasing in number; two species of Gull, viz.: Larus marinus and 
L. fuscus, the latter also found in small numbers at Farilhao 
grande; also two other rare species known under the local names of 
“ Furabrichos ” and “'Turraos.” M. Girard states that bats have not been 
observed by Senhor da Silva.—J. J. Daretzisu (Edinburgh). 
Singular Death of two Magpies.—I cau vouch for the accuracy of the 
following statement relative to the death of two Magpies, apparently from 
broken hearts. In early spring two Magpies built in a poplar tree in a 
small orchard situated in the Parish of Gunwalloe, Cornwall. The two 
birds, however, made such a noise that the proprietor of the orchard, who 
dwelt close by, destroyed the nest and its contents, namely six eggs. The 
* Probably C. livia is the species here intended. 
