388 Letters, Extracts, and Notes. 



Rallus aquaticus (p. 3U0). " It occurs occasionally in Madeira 

 and the Canary Islands." The statements of Serra and 

 Mompo who are, I believe, the only authorities for saying 

 that the Water- Rail has ever occurred in the Canary Islands, 

 are most vmreliable. 



Gallinula chloropus (p. 305). Oiu' Common Moorhen does not 

 migrate south of the Palsearctic Region. The bird found 

 over the greater part of Africa to the Cape is a perfectly 

 distinct small race — i. e. Gallinula chloropus meridionalis 

 Brehm. The form found in the Canary Islands is, I believe, 

 typical G. c. chloropus, and this is probably the southern 

 extent of its range. 



CoLUMBA LiviA (p. 308). The Rock-Dove of the Canary Islands 

 is distinct from the typical form. It has recently been 

 separated as G. I. canariensis on account of its smaller size 

 grey rump, and darker coloration {vide Ibis, 1914, p. 270). 



I am, Sir, 



Yours, &c., 

 6 More's Garden, David A. Bannerman. 



Cbeyne Walk, S.W. 

 March 1, 191-5. 



The New B. O. U. List : moke courections. 



Sir, — I hope, in the next number of 'The Ibis,' to make 

 some comments upou the List of British Birds recently 

 published by the British Ornithologists' Union. I only 

 wish here to draw attention to four errors which should be 

 at once corrected. Before doing so, I would state that, 

 to me, the List is a great advance upon any previous British 

 List, and predict that the third edition, which must appear 

 before thirty years again elapse, will be comparatively 

 blameless. 



Aquila fusca (p. 142). This name cannot be used for the 

 Spotted Eagle, as of Brehm 1823, because in the Diet. 

 Sci. Nat. vol. i. ISOI, p. 344, Dumont appropriated 

 that name for a bird which appears to be a stage of 

 the Golden Eagle. According to the B. 0. U. List, 

 Appendix, p. 379, the name to be used would be 



