Mr. E. Du Cane Godman on the Birds of the Azores. 103 
in the Azores. The Common Tern comes about the middle of 
April, and is to be seen in considerable numbers about the sea- 
coast and mountain-lakes, departing, I was told, about the middle 
of September. It breeds on the small islands about the sea-coast. 
Sterna dougalli, Latham. “ Carajao.” 
Mr. S. Dabney, of Eayal, told me that when he was in Elores, 
about the year 1855, he shot several Terns with pink breasts. 
During* my visit to that island I kept a sharp look out for 
them, but did not see any, nor could I find any one amongst 
the inhabitants who knew the bird, though S. fluviatilis was 
common enough. On my return to Eayal, I one day took a 
walk to Castello Branco, a large high rock almost detached 
from the mainland. There were a great many Gulls and Com¬ 
mon Terns flying about; and whilst I was watching them as 
they flew along the side of the cliff, I noticed five or six 
Roseate Terns amongst them; some of these came within a 
few yards of me, but I did not shoot at them, as they would have 
fallen into the sea at the foot of the cliff, where I could not 
have picked them up. I suspect this species arrives later than 
the Common Tern, as I afterwards saw several more near the 
west point of the same island. 
Rissa tridactyla (Linnaeus). 
There were a few Kittiwakes about the harbour of Ponta 
Delgada when I first arrived; but I did not see them elsewhere. 
The master of one of the fruit-schooners told me that this and 
the next species frequently followed their vessels for the whole 
of the voyage from England. I do not know that it breeds in 
th^ Azores. 
Larus argentatus, Linnaeus. “ Ga^a branco.” 
Common everywhere about the sea-coasts and mountain- 
lakes. Some remain throughout the year, though there are said 
to be more in summer than in winter. They breed about the 
coast, and particularly on a small island about a quarter of a 
mile from the south-west point of Eayal, which in June was 
quite covered with them. 
Puffinus major, Faber. ^Cargara.” 
To be seen throughout the archipelago. It breeds, in holes 
