88 Mr. F. Du Cane Godman on the Birds of the Azores. 
On the 23rd of May I took a nest of four eggs, slightly incu¬ 
bated, in a bank by the stream Mudawarah, about half a mile 
above the colony of C. rudis. The nest was at the end of a 
tunnel, not more than 2 feet in, and directly facing the entrance, 
with a very few straws for lining. The entrance was about 
six inches above the level of the water, and in a deep, sluggish 
part of the stream. The eggs were nearly spherical, and con¬ 
siderably larger than those of C. rudis. ,/ 
VII .—Notes on the Birds of the Azores. By Frederick Du 
Cane Godman, E.L.S., E.Z.S., &c. 
(Plate IB.) 
On the 13th of March, 1865, the Brazilian mail-steamer 
! ( * Oneida’ landed my brother, Captain Godman, and myself at 
Lisbon. Here we found the ‘ Leal/ a small screw-steamer, 
about to start for the Azores; she runs with more or less re¬ 
gularity once a month, and, calling at five of the principal 
islands, returns direct to Lisbon. We took our passage in her 
to St. MichaePs, and, after a rough voyage of six days, were glad 
to find ourselves at daybreak on the 21st at anchor in the road¬ 
stead of Ponta Delgada, the capital of that island. 
The gales which had followed us on our voyage were now 
succeeded by a perfect calm, leaving, however, heavy clouds 
resting on the tops of the higher mountains, which, together with 
the dark foliage of the orange-trees and native evergreens, gave 
the island a particularly gloomy appearance. 
There were about a dozen English schooners anchored off the 
town, waiting for cargoes of oranges; and two more at a short 
distance out at sea were trying to come in, on board one of 
which was my collector, Mr. Brewer. He also had experienced 
heavy weather, but on the whole had had a fairly prosperous 
voyage of a fortnight from London. 
The Azores lie between long. 25° and 31° 15 ; W., and the most 
eastern islands are 16° west of Lisbon. They are nine in num¬ 
ber, and may be divided into three groups,—St. MichaePs and 
St. Mary’s forming the eastern ; Terceira, Graciosa, St. George’s, 
Pico, and Fayal the central; Flores and Corvo the extreme 
western. They have an aggregate area of 700 square miles, and 
