100 Mr. F. Du Cane Godman on the Birds of the Azores. 
in the gardens. It is not migratory here, and is said to have 
two and sometimes even three nests in the year. It is certainly 
exceedingly numerous, and affords excellent sport; on one occa¬ 
sion a Portuguese gentleman and I killed 157 in a few hours. 
^Egialites cantianus (Latham). “ Ma 5 arico.” 
I met with a few birds of this species about the lakes in St. 
MiehaeFs; but afterwards found them more plentiful about 
Capellas, in Fayal, and on the high ground between Angra and 
Praya, in Terceira. The Portuguese name “ Mafarico ” or 
“ Ma 9 anico” is applied more or less to all Sandpipers and 
Snipes, as well as to this species. It breeds in Terceira, as I 
saw several young birds about, which were unable to fly. 
fVANELLUS cristatus, Meyer. 
I saw a single stuffed specimen in the collection of a gentleman 
at Angra. He informed me that it had been shot in Terceira. 
Mr. Alfred Newton tells me he has a specimen from Madeira. 
Strepsilas interpres (Linnseus). 
A few pairs are always to be found about the rocks between 
Santa Cruz and Ponta Delgada, in Flores. I killed some speci¬ 
mens in June in full breeding-plumage, and I suspect that it 
must breed on some of the small islands near the coast; but the 
weather was so stormy all the time I was in Flores, that I was 
unable to get out to them. It is said to remain there the whole 
year. I afterwards saw eight birds of this species near Capellas, in 
Fayal, and I believe a few are to be found on the coast of any of 
the islands where the rocks provide sufficient protection from 
the surf. 
Ardea cinerea, Linnseus. “ Garya real.” 
This is the only resident species of Heron. A few pairs are 
always to be met with about the lakes in St. MiehaeFs, and oc¬ 
casionally on the coasts of the other islands ; but the sea is in 
most places too deep for them to fish from the shore. I shot a 
single specimen in St. MiehaeFs, at the Sete Cidades, and saw 
the remains of an immature bird that had been killed some time 
previously, which leads me to believe that the species occasionally 
breeds there, though I could obtain no information as to the fact. 
