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In Fuerteventura we first found them inhabiting the sea- 

 cliffs at Toston, where tliey would come in to roost in the 

 evenings, spending the day on the miserable patches of corn. 

 In the cliffs which fringe the shore from Toston to La Pena 

 hundreds of these birds breed. As in Gran Canaria, 

 they also frequent caves in the interior. In a casual 

 journey across the island very few are met with. The same 

 state of things exists in Latizarote ; their stronghold in this 

 island is the steep precipice, 1500-2000 feet in height, 

 bordering the coast from Monte Famara to Punta Fariones. 

 I did not discover any exceptionally large inland resorts, 

 but doubtless some exist in remote parts of the island. In 

 Graciosa several pairs lived amongst the sand-hills in the 

 north of the island, while on Montana Clara and A.llegranza 

 a very few were noted. In the former island they are 

 evidently considerably harried by the Peregrine Falcons. 



A small series was obtained from Fuerteventura, Lanza- 

 rote, and Graciosa. 



Bill dark horn-colour ; iris dark orange-yellow ; feet 

 crimson. 



Streptopelia tnrtur turtur. Turtle Dove. 



Streptopella t. turtur (Linn.) ; Bannerman, Part I. pp. 48, 

 60. 



Summer migrants to the Canary Islands, Turtle Doves 

 were found breeding very plentifully in the fertile barranco 

 de la Pena. They are doubtless found in all such places 

 where there is water and where palm trees and tamarisks 

 are found in which to nest. With the exception of Gran 

 Tarajal this was the only place of the kind which I came 

 across in Fuerteventura, and consequently was the only 

 occasion on which I met with the bird in this island. 

 A nest was found on May the 11th, in La Pena barranco, 

 built in a low tamarisk ; it contained two fresh eggs, 

 which measure 30 x 22 mm. 



In Lanzarote none were seen until we reached Haria, when 

 a pair of nestlings were brought to me from a neighbouring 

 village. I did not see any Turtle Doves in the south of 

 Lanzarote, where I expected to meet with them in the 



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