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from a crevice overhead, but I couM not find any remains of 

 a nest on this M^ave-lashed heap of lava. 



In AUegranza the Osprey is resident and breeds on one of 

 the smaller volcanoes. 



No specimens were pi'ocured. 



Ardea cinerea. Common Heron. 



Ardea cinerea Linn, ; Bannermanj Part I. pp. J^G, 87. 



The Common Heron is resident in the Canary Islands, 

 but I do not know whether it breeds anywhere in the eastern 

 ^roup as undoubtedly it does in some of the western islands. 

 I only met with this bird on one occasion, when I surprised 

 a Heron feediui; on the reefs at Toston in Faerteventura. 

 Herons are recorded fi'om both the larger islands. 



A single bird was observed on AUegranza. 



No specimens were procured. 



Phoenicopterus rosens. Flamingo. 



Thoenicopterus roseus (Pall.) ; Bannerman, Part I. p. 57. 



The Flamingo has almost certainly visited the island of 

 Lanzarote, for the native fishermen living near the Lago 

 Januvio described to me a bird which could only have 

 belonged to this species. Meade-Waldo saw the undoubted 

 remains of one of these birds in the eastern Canary Islands. 

 Other interesting Waders which have occurred in Lanzarote, 

 but which I could hardly hope to meet with in so hurried a 

 journey, are Platalea I. leucorodia, Machetes pugnax, Himan- 

 topus himantopus, Recurvirostra avosetta, Limosa limosa, and 

 Limosa I. lapponica, stuffed examples of which were seen in 

 a private collection of Lanzarote birds at Arrecife (vide 

 Part I. pp. 62-63). 



No specimens were procured, 



Thalassidroma pelagica. Storm Petrel. 



Thalassidroma pelagica (Linn.) ; Bannerman, Part I. p. 78. 



A Storm Petrel was taken by one of my boatmen in a 

 cave in ^lontana Clara on the 9th of June. This is the first 

 record of 2\ pelagica being taken on land in the Canary 

 Archipelago. The testes of this specimen were very large. 



