June 



1-7. 





7-14. 



June. 





July 



2. 





29. 



Sept. 



12. 



Nov. 



22. 



480 Mr. D. A. Bannerman on the Bistrihution of 



None seen on Graciosa, Canary Is. : Bannerman. 



Ten young birds taken in every stage of plumage, from 



the downy nestling to the fully fledged bird ; also two 



fresh eggs (Montana Clara, Canary Is.): Bannerman. 

 Considerable numbers seen (Desertas) : Godman. 

 One egg taken (Madeira Group) : Schmitz. 

 A down-covered young obtained (Baixo Isl., Porto 



Santo): Schmitz. 

 Several living birds caught (Porto Santo) : Schmitz. 

 Heard a number of birds round lighthouse (Cima IsL, 



Porto Santo) : Schmitz. 

 Dec. 22. A number of birds in cliffs (Cima IsL, Porto Santo): 



Schmitz, 



Breeding range in the Azores. 



The Atlantic Allied Shearwater was first recorded from the 

 Azores by Godman^ who^ in 1865, when he visited the group, 

 heard of it on the island of Flores. He notes that it had 

 reared its young and gone again before lie reached Flores^ 

 nor did he meet with it on any of the other islands. 

 Godman arrived in this group on the 21st of March. This 

 bird is said to arrive about the month of March and to breed 

 in the cliffs^ but it would appear to do so much earlier from 

 Godman's experience. Bocage includes it in his list (1866)^ 

 likewise Simroth (1888). It is curious that Ogilvie-Grant 

 did not find Pivffinus a. haroli breeding in the Azores, as 

 he was in the group from February 26 till June 2 and 

 visited all the islands. The only specimen which lie ob- 

 tained alive was an adult male caught on Pray a Island, 

 Graciosa,, on the 26th of April. A skin of a bird in the 

 Ponta Delgada Museum had been obtained from San Miguel. 

 Major Chaves informed Ogilvie-Grant that this Shear- 

 Avater was not uncommon in the Azores. 



Breeding range in the Madeira Group. 



The Atlantic Allied Shearwater breeds on all the islands 

 of this group. According to an early account^ given by 

 Padre Schmitz, the birds disappear from the Desertas and 



