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In November 1889, Mr. Meade-Waldo revisited Palma on his way to the island of Hierro, and 

 writes (Ibis, 1890, p. 430) as follows : — "As the steamer was obliged to wait all day, I got a mule 

 and rode up to the mountain where I had procured the first Palma Tit [Earns palmensis). Very 

 nearly in the same spot where I shot my first specimen I had the luck to shoot in a few minutes 

 four beautiful examples. They came to a call which I always find very effective in bringing up 

 small birds, viz. imitating the cry of a rabbit that a stoat or ferret has got hold of; all the small 

 birds on hearing it come up and utter their alarm-notes." 



The specimen figured is the one above described, and is in my own collection. 



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



E Mus. II. E. Dresser. 



a, <J . La Galga, Palma, April 20th, 1889; b, $ , c, ? ..Barranca de los Nogales, Palma, April 7th, 1890 

 {E. G. Meade-Waldo). 



E Mus. Brit. 



a, S ad. Palma, November 20th, 1889 [E. G. Meade-Waldo). 



