On the Birds of Madeira. 453 



Sterna dougalli, Mont 23.5.05 Boseate Tern. 



To find seventeen new birds in less than two years and 

 a half on an island so small and distant as Madeira may be 

 considered as a real record. 



The Barbary Partridge is a new breeding bird introduced 

 five years ago in the small island of Porto Santo with con- 

 siderable success. 



As you see, I can give only a few outlines of the Madeira 

 birds, but will be sufficient to show how interesting Madeira 

 is for ornithologists. If a simple amateur of birds could 

 increase the list of Madeira birds in sixteen years from 

 100 species to 189, what could not a real ornithologist effect 

 in our island of continuous spring if he were to remain there 

 a whole year ? Therefore my conclusion is this : What I 

 have just said is only a faint picture of reality ! Come and 

 see for yourselves, and taste a little of the real pleasure given 

 by the birds of Madeira. 



1 New for Madeira as a breeding bird. 



