19 1 9- J Birds of the Canary Ishmds. 103 



Family Fringillid^e. 



Chloris chloris aurantiiventris. Golden-bellied (jreeufiuch. 



Ligurinus aurantiiventris Cabanis, Mus. Heiii. i. 1850, 

 p. 158 — Type locality : south France. 



This is a Rare Visitor to the islands. 



The Greenfinch is mentioned by both Ledru in 1810 and 

 Serra in 1882, but little reliance can be placed on their lists. 



Bolle's evidence is likewise impossible to accept, for 

 although he includes Chlorospiza chloris Bona[). in his last 

 paper (J. f, O. 1857, p. 317) he has obviously never seen 

 the bird iu the Canary Islands, and quotes contradictory 

 statements made to him by natives. 



Cabrera (Catalogo, 1893, p. 50) supplies the first genuine 

 record, as he had a specimen which was shot at Tegueste 

 (Tenerife). 



Von Thanner heard and saw a Greenfinch in Tenerife on 

 21 November, 1907 (Orn. Jahrb. 1908, p. 214), recorded it 

 as Ligurinus chloris, and later sliot one at Moya in Gran 

 Canaria on 12 April, 1909, which he recorded in the 

 ' Ornithologische Jahrbuch,' 1910, p. 86 as Chloris aurantii- 

 ventris. 



Range, The Golden-bellied Greenfinch breeds in southern 

 France, Spain, Morocco, Algiers, and Tunis. It has occurred 

 accidentally iu the Azores. Hartert found it breeding in 

 Algeria in May 1914 at Laghouat (Nov. Zool. xxii. 1915, 

 p. .65). 



Carduelis carduelis parva. Least Goldfinch. 

 Cardueiis carduelis parva T^ch\.\^'\, Orn. Monatsb. ix. 1901, 

 p. 131 — Type locality : Madeira. 

 A Resident subspecies. 

 Hab. in Archipelago. 



Western Group : Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Pal ma, 

 Gomera, Hierro. 



Eastern Group : Fuerteventura. 

 Range beyond the Archipelago. 



Madeira and the Azores. 



