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differs from an adult male of Saxicola dacotia killed on 

 Fuerteventuraon the 17th of June, in having the crown lighter 

 and of a more reddish-brown, not contrasting strongly with 

 the rest of the upperparts. The underparts from the chest 

 downwards are nearly uniform vinaceous-buff, rather more 

 deeply coloured on the upper part of the chest, while in 

 Saxicola dacotiae the chest-patch is of a rather more rusty tint 

 and the belly and flanks are usually much paler and incline to 

 whitish. 



" In full autumn-plumage this new subspecies nearly 

 resembles the Fuerteventura bird, but may be distinguished 

 by having the dark bases of the feathers of the crown more 

 restricted and much less pronounced and, as already 

 mentioned, the breast and belly are isabelline, instead of 

 whitish. 



" Iris dark brown ; bill and feet black ; exposed portion 

 of culmen 11 mm. ; wing 65 ; tarsus 23. 



" Hab. The Islands of Montana Clara and Allegranza in 

 the Eastern Canary Group. 



"Types in the British Museum. Allegranza, ^,12.vi.l3. 

 $ , 10.vi.13 (coll. D. A. Bannerman). 



" Twelve specimens were collected, both adult and 

 immature birds. 



" The second bird which I have to describe is a geo- 

 graphical race of the Common Linnet. My attention was 

 first called to this form by Mr. Meade-Waldo before I 

 left England and subsequently by Dr. Hartert, who very 

 kindly sent me for examination the entire series from the 

 Tring Museum. With some thirty specimens collected by 

 myself, and with those in the British Museum I have had 

 altogether about a hundred birds for comparison. An 

 examination of this large series clearly shows that the Linnet 

 from the Eastern Canary Islands, i. e., Fuerteventura, 

 Lanzarote, and the smaller outlying islets, differs from the 

 bird found in the Western Canary Islands, Madeira and Porto 

 Santo, which latter subspecies has already been separated 

 as Acanthis cannabina nana. 



