90 Mr. D, A. Bannerman on the [Ibis, 



Itinerary of Ornithologists who have done field-work in 

 the Canary Islands. 



The dates when ornithologists actually worked in the 

 islands do not necessarily agree with the dates or even 

 the years when they puhlislied their observations, and this 

 is often all we have to gaide us as to the time when they 

 were actually at work in the field. 



These dates are important when studying the results of. 

 their work, particularly when Bird migration is under 

 discussion. 



The following is a brief record of the actual time spent in 

 the Canaries by ornithologists who have supplied the chief 

 records : — 



Webb, Berthelot, and Moquin-Tandon. — Philip Barker 

 Webb (1793-1851), a botanist and traveller, left Lisbon in 

 May 18.28 for Madeira. He proceeded in September 1828 

 to Tenerife, where he met M. Sabin Berthelot, a young 

 Frenchman who had been nearly eight years on the island. 

 Webb was two years in the Canaries visiting Lanzarote, 

 Fuerteventuia, Gran Canaria, and Palmas [? La Palma]. 

 He and Berthelot collected until April 1830. 



In 1833 they settled in Paris and published their great 

 work — Moquin-Tandon working out and preparing the 

 part on Birds, ' Ornithologie Canarienne,' which part was 

 probably published in 184-1. 



The Webb and Berthelot collections are either in the 

 Musee d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris or in Florence, as some 

 of their collections appear to have been bequeathed to the 

 Grand Duke Leopold of Tuscany. 



Bolle was working in the group in 1852 and 1856, '^the 

 two visits compassing nearly two years" [cf. J. f. 0. 1857, 

 p. 267). 



Godman was in Tenerife from March 1871 for about a 

 month, making a short trip to Palma and Gran Canaria 

 (Ibis, 1872, p. 159). 



SavileReid was in Tenerife from the end o£ January 1887 

 until the middle of April 1887 {cf. Ibis, 1887, p. 424). 



Meade- Waldo was in the Canary Archipelago with two 



