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the metropolis of Canaria, in the damp willow-covered gorges of Tenteniguada, and in the tall 

 baloge bushes in the extreme south of the island, and in the valleys of Arguineguin and Fatalga 

 down to the sea-coast. 



The Canarian Blue Titmouse, like our common British species, places its nest in the hole of 

 a tree or wall, or in a convenient nook or cranny, the nest being similar to that of the latter 

 species, and the eggs are white spotted and blotched with light red, the spots being larger and 

 bolder than in any eggs of Parus cceruleus in my collection, and in size they run a trifle larger, if 

 anything, than the eggs of that species. I have received the eggs from Teneriffe, but no nest 

 was sent, so I am unable to describe it, but was informed that it is constructed, like that of our 

 bird, of wool and moss and lined with feathers. 



Owing to our having united the two species in the ' Birds of Europe,' the synonymy 

 requires rectification, and that of the continental species, the Ultramarine Titmouse, which 

 inhabits Algeria, Tunis, and Morocco, as also the island of Fuerteventura, will now stand as 

 follows : — 



Parus idtramarinus, Bonap. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1811, p. 146. 



Parus cmruleanus, Malli. op. cit. 1842, p. 76. 



Cyanistes ultramarinus, Bp. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 229 (1850). 



Parus teneriffce, Sharpe & Dresser, B. of Eur. hi. p. 139 (1871, partim). 



The specimen figured in the 'Birds of Europe' (plate 113. fig. 3) represents the true 

 Ultramarine Titmouse (Parus ultramarinus), and that now figured on the same plate with 

 Parus palmensis shows the Canarian species Parus teneriffce. This specimen, which is the one 

 above described, is in my own collection. 



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



E Mus. H. E. Dresser. 



a. Teneriffe, April 1871 (F. D. Godman). b, 6 . Orotava, Teneriffe, November 10th, 1888 (Meade-Waldo). 



E Mus. Brit. 



a, d ■ Teneriffe, April 8th, 1871 ; b, 6 . Orotava, Teneriffe, April 9th, 1871 ; c, 6 , d, % . Orotava, April 18th, 

 1871 (F. D. Godman). 



