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f Ardea purpurea (Linnaeus). 
t Ardea alba (Linnseus). 
f Ardea garzetta (Linnaeus). 
I saw examples of these three species in a collection in Ter- 
ceira, said to have been killed in that island. 
IArdetta minuta (Linnaeus). 
fBoTAURUS stellaris (Linnseus). 
Also in the same collection. One of the latter species was 
killed in St. Michael's. 
fPLATALEA LEUCORODIA (Linnseus). 
A Portuguese gentleman in St. Michael's told me that five or 
six examples of this species had been shot at Sete Cidades a few 
years previously. 
Numenius arquata (Linnseus). 1 
“ Ma^anico real." 
Numenius ph^opus (Linnseus). j 
These two species are occasionally found about the coasts. I 
saw them both, but I much doubt their breeding there regularly. 
Scolopax rusticola, Linnseus. “ Galinhola." 
In all the mountain-districts throughout the islands this bird 
is not uncommon. It breeds, as with us, early in March, as I 
found young birds in the beginning of April, whilst out rabbit¬ 
shooting. The native sportsmen (!) shoot them while flying of 
an evening. It is most abundant in St. George's, Pico, and 
Flores, where few people kill them. 
Gallinago media, Leach. u Maganico real.". 
A few are occasionally found about the streams and wet places 
in the mountains. In Flores I saw four or five pairs on a large 
marsh, where I have no doubt they were breeding, though I did 
not see a nest. This species is called by the same name as the 
Curlew and Whimbrel. 
Tringa maritima, Briinnicb. 
A small flock was usually to be seen in company with some 
Turnstones about the rocks near Santa Cruz, in Flores. I was 
told that in summer they are frequently seen upon the rough 
pasture-land high up in the mountains. The people say they 
