94 Mr. D. A. Bannerman on the [Il)is, 



1909. Arrived at Tenerife 2.5 March. 



Arrived at Cran Canaria '27 March and remained until IG April. 

 l!)10. In Gran Canaria January and most of February; spent about 

 twelve days in Tenerife in February on way to Brazil. 



1911. In Gran Canaria January and February. 



1912. In Gran Canaria February and March, and again at the end of 



May. 



1913. In Gran Canaria from 22 April 



Fuorteveutura ,, 5 INIay 



„ „ 17 June 



Lanzarote „ 19 May 



„ ,,14 Jvme 



Graciosa „ 27 May 

 Montaiia Clara -^ 



and Allegranza > ,, 7 June to 14 June, 

 (with Bishop). ) 



Gran Caiiaria again ., 18 June to 23 June. 



My collections are chiefly in the Britisli Museum, a few 

 in Lord Rothschild's Museum at Tring, and a very lew in 

 the Edinburgh Museum. 



Plan of the Paper. 



As this paper is a very large one and will run through 

 several numbers of ' The Ibis/ I propose to give a short 

 resum^ of the arrangement which I intend to follow. 



Following the plan adopted by the Committee of the new 

 B. O. U. List of British Birds (1915), I have divided the 

 Birds of the Archipelago into various groups — "Residents'^ 

 or " Partial Residents/'' " Summer Visitors/' " Winter 

 Visitors/' " Hare Visitors,'' etc. etc., and the exact meaning 

 which 1 intend these terms to convey will be found on 

 page 98, immediately preceding the first species of the 

 Systematic List. 



Then follows the Systematic List, which comprises all 

 Resident Birds and all species arul subspecies that can be 

 considered as Authentic Migrants or Accidental Visitors. 



Appendix A, which will include all birds that have been 

 recorded on evidence which requires further proof before the 

 species can be admitted to the list of authentic occurrences. 



Appendix B, which will include all species and subspecies 

 that have been recorded from unreliable sources and can 



