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lakes and a large swamp nearly two miles long by a mile broad, 
where I found Ducks, Teal, and Snipes breeding, though not in 
great numbers. Woodcocks also are very abundant, as they are 
little disturbed; in fact scarcely anyone here shoots. I remained 
in Flores rather more than a fortnight, during which time I 
walked all round the island, keeping as near the coast as possi¬ 
ble ; I also made several excursions to the lakes and swamp in 
the mountains; but, with the exception of the Purple Sandpiper 
and the Wheatear, of which I shall have more to say presently, 
I saw no birds I had not observed in the other islands I had 
visited. 
The weather was still rough and uncertain; and as it was 
scarcely safe to visit Corvo in a small boat, though but sixteen 
miles from Sta. Cruz, I chartered a schooner of about thirty tons 
for this purpose, and spent two days on the island. It is a 
single volcano, containing a large crater with lakes, and rising 
rapidly from the sea. It has precipitous cliffs on all sides except 
in one spot, where both the village and landing-place are si¬ 
tuated. It is but seldom visited; and after the other islands, 
there is not much of special interest to the general traveller. I 
returned again to Flores, and in a day or two afterwards 
left in the same schooner for Fayal. Here I remained some 
days, waiting for a favourable opportunity to ascend Pico; but 
though I made the attempt, the weather, unfortunately, would 
not admit of it, and I finally left for Terceira, calling at St. 
George’s on my way, with some regret at not being able to ac¬ 
complish this object. I spent a fortnight more here, and re¬ 
turned by the next steamer to Lisbon, waiting three days at St. 
Michael’s on my way, just time enough to get my collection 
together, and wish my friends good-bye. Thence sending most 
of my things direct home, I made a short tour through Portu¬ 
gal, and then returned to England. 
The following is a list of birds collected or observed during 
my visit: those marked with a dagger (f) I believe to be 
stragglers ; the rest are residents. 
fTiNNUNCULUs alaudarius, G. R. Gray. 
I obtained a single specimen of this species through Mr. G. 
