the Tuhinares in the North Atlantic Islands. 479 



Feb. 27. Three birds collected (Porto Santo) : Scbmitz 



29. Seven adult birds caught on their eggs (Madeira 

 Group) : Schmitz. 

 No date. An adult bird taken (Orotava, Tenerife) : Webb 

 & Berthelot. 

 End. Breeds at this time (Canai'j Group) : Meade- Waldo. 

 Mar. Beginning. Breeds (Canary Group) : Meade- Waldo. 



15. Adult bird on shore (Orotava, Tenerife) : Reid. 



16. Adult with young just hatched (Tenerife): Meade- 



Waldo. 



17. One e^g received, probably from a late brood (Porto 



Santo) : Schmitz. 

 Very unusual to find a fresh egg in this month 

 (Madeira Group) : Schmitz *. 

 April .3. Egg taken (Tenerife) : Meade-Waldo. 



0. Birds not yet breeding (Ch-aciosa, Canary Is.): Meade- 

 Waldo. 



10. Obtained G down-covered young, of which one may be 



three days old, two ten days, and three fifteen days 

 old (Porto Santo) : Schmitz. 



11. Young just hatched and nestlings a few days old 



(Porto Santo) : O.-Grant. 

 26. One adult obtained (Praya Isl., Graciosa, Azores) : 

 O.-Grant. 

 Young-in-down taken (Orotava, Tenerife) : Meade- 

 Waldo. 

 24-29. Many downy young in various stages and one fresh 

 e^^ (Great Salvage) : O.-Grant. 

 May 3. Received a fine down-covered young (Madeira 



Group) : Schmitz. 

 4. Adult birds obtained, not yet breeding (Ueserta 



Grande) : O.-Grant. 1890. 

 4. Birds have bred, some of the young in almost adult 



plumage (Porto Santo) : O.-Grant. 1890. 

 o. Egg received from Uesertas : Schmitz. 

 7. Nestlings and adult birds of the year found (Porto 



Santo): O.-Grant. 

 15. Many seen off'Garachico (Tenerife) : Meade- Waldo. 

 20. A down-covered young caught (Fera Isl,, Madeira 

 Group) : Schmitz. 

 27-31. Birds bred and left the island (Graciosa, Canary Is.) : 

 Bannerman. 



* This last record is a very old one, 1899; doubtless Padre Schmitz 

 has changed his opinion since this was published. 



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