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under a rock. They are exceedingly early breeders, as by the middle of February the young 

 were full-grown. After I left the island I got a clutch of three eggs, evidently of this species, 

 among a number of eggs sent from the island ; they are very round and glossy, with a very 

 thick shell, of the colour of Blackbird's eggs, but with the spots very faint or like intensely 

 bright-coloured eggs of Pratincola rubicola." 



Mr. Meade- Waldo believes that this Chat is restricted to the Island of Fuerteventura, and 

 remarks, in his subsequent notes on his visit to Lanzarote, that he saw no trace of it there. 



The specimens figured and described are those that were figured in ' The Ibis,' and are now 

 in my collection. 



In the preparation of the above article I have examined the following specimens: — 



E Mus. H. E. Dresser, 

 a, 6 ,b, ? . Pozo Negro, Fuerteventura, February 26th, 1889 {Meade-Waldo). 



