. The Canary Islands : their history, natural history and scenery : an account of an ornithologist's camping trips in the archipelago . Montana Amarilla and Surrounding Country. [To face page 296 THE SHEARWATERS OF GRACIOSA 297 birds obtained in down, but we saw no sign of theBuzzards which had been reported as inhabiting oneof the craters. Egyptian Vultures and Ospreys wereboth seen, however. Other land birds noted singly or on one occasiononly, were the Raven, Trumpeter Bullfinch, Hoopoe andLinnet. Close to our camp we found the eggs of boththe Thick-knee and the Kentish Plover ; the latter
. The Canary Islands : their history, natural history and scenery : an account of an ornithologist's camping trips in the archipelago . Montana Amarilla and Surrounding Country. [To face page 296 THE SHEARWATERS OF GRACIOSA 297 birds obtained in down, but we saw no sign of theBuzzards which had been reported as inhabiting oneof the craters. Egyptian Vultures and Ospreys wereboth seen, however. Other land birds noted singly or on one occasiononly, were the Raven, Trumpeter Bullfinch, Hoopoe andLinnet. Close to our camp we found the eggs of boththe Thick-knee and the Kentish Plover ; the latter birdwas very numerous. In the north of the island, CanarianRock Doves frequented the lava caves and probablybred there, although we did not find any nests. On the 30th of May, the weather, which had beenbeautiful, changed for the worse, heavy clouds came up,blotting out the risco and even covering the centralcrater on Graciosa, and by evening it was pouring withrain. We spent another awful night, as the windincreased considerably, and the tents, though securelypegged down with great stones on the pegs, threatenedto lift bodily fr
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