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3. That in the eastern islands (Fuerteventura and Lan- 

 zarote) the Corn-Bunting, according to Polatzek 

 (Orn. Jahrb. 1908, p. 196), who lived there for some 

 time, is a summer visitor * only, apparently arriving 

 about February, breeding in March and April, and 

 leaving both islands after the harvest, to return again 

 in the spring. Whether these summer visitors to the 

 eastern islands come from the western islands of 

 the group or whether from Europe or Africa, is still 

 wrapt in mystery. 



Range. Embeinza calandra calandra (the typical form) 

 breeds throughout Europe and in north Africa. It does 

 not appear to range farther south in winter than Nubia 

 and Arai)ia. The resident form in the Canaries which has 

 been named E. c. thanneri is not recognized from anywhere 

 outside the Canary group. 



Emberiza striolata sahari. Saharan Bunting. 

 Emberiza sahari Levaillant, jun.,Expl. scient. de TAlgerie, 

 Atlas, Ois. 1850, pi. ix.'^'^ fig. 2— Type locality : Algiers. 



A Eare Visitor. 



Cabrera (Catalogo, 1893, p. 51) notes that he possesses an 

 example killed at Punta del Hidalgo in Tenerife. 



Range. The Saharan Bunting inhabits Tunisia, Morocco, 

 and Algiers. 



Plectrophenax nivalis. Snow-Bunting. 



Emberiza nivalis Linn. Syst. Nut. 10th ed. 1758, p. 176 — 

 Type locality : Lajjland. 



A Rare Visitor to the Canary Islands. 



There is only one record of the Snow-Bunting having 

 occurred in the Archipelago. 



* During my 1913 expedition, when I was in the eastern Canary 

 f^roup from 5 May to 17 June, I only met with this bird once — a speci- 

 men of tbe large dark-breasted race (Ibis, 1914, p. 241). This may have 

 been due to the exceptionally cold and stormy weather experienced at 

 the time. 



