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migrant to the Canary group [see my remarks ' Ibis/ 1912, 

 p. 575, and Bull. B. O. C. xxix. 1912, p. 1"^] ; while the 

 eastern c?«r/;-baclved race {Larvs fuscus fuscus) is a very 

 rare straggler to the islands [see remarks by Mr. Meade- 

 Waldo and myself, Bull. B. O. C. xxxi. 1913, p. 69]. 



During the greater part of our stay in Graciosa we were 

 subjected to a good deal of inconvenience by the severe 

 wind, which blew almost continuously for a week, and in- 

 creased to a regular hurricane on the night of June the 3rd. 

 The result was that a very high sea prevented the landing 

 of our baggage on the neighbouring island of Montaiia 

 Clara. At length, on the 7th of June, the sea had dropped 

 sufficiently to allow of our making the attempt, and with 

 six sturdy boatmen, all members of one family, we set sail 

 on the never-to-be-forgotten voyage to Montaiia Clara ! 

 There is only one landing-place, on the south-eastern shore, 

 and this avc eventually reached, very wet and miserable. 

 We were all heartily glad to set foot at last on the island, 

 which I hoped to find the most interesting and productive 

 of all the Petrel haunts to be visited. My hopes were 

 fully realized. 



Montana Clara. 



The little island of Montaiia Clara lies north-west of 

 Graciosa, from which it is separated by a channel of very 

 turbulent water. Of undoubted volcanic origin, the island is 

 situated approximately 98 statute miles from the nearest 

 African coast (Cape Juby). 



Eight days were spent here, from June the 7th to June the 

 14th, during which time a thorough survey in every direction 

 was made. Montaiia Clara is a heart-shaped island, a mile 

 and a quarter in length and three-quarters of a mile wide, 

 and embracing an area of half a square mile. It consists of a 

 single large, but imperfect crater, which occupies the entire 

 northern portion of the island, the walls falling precipitously 

 to the sea, and the highest point rising to 700 feet. The 

 south of the island is occupied by a steep ridge (sloping to 

 the south-east) of lava, scoria, and sandhills, intersected 



