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



Range. The typical Blue-headed Wagtail breeds in Europe 

 and winters in tropical and South Africa. Various forms 

 have been recognized from the Mediteiranean countries. 



Anthus bertheloti bertheloti. Berthelot's Pipit. 

 Anthus berthelotii Bolle, Journ. fiir Orn. 1862, p. 357 — 

 Type locality : Canary Islands. 

 A Resident species. 

 Hah. in ArcJiipelago. 



Western Group : Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Palma, 



Gomera, Hierro. 

 Eastern Group : Fuerteventura, Lanzarote. 

 Outer islets : Graciosa, Montana Clara, AUegranza. 

 Obs. The Pipit inhabiting the Eastern Group has been 

 named A.b. lanzarotecB by Tschusi and Polatzek (Orn. Jahrb. 

 1908, p. 191). 



Range beyond the Archipelago. 



Does not occur. 

 Another subspecies is found in Maileira and Porto 

 Santo. 



Anthus trivialis trivialis. Tree- Pipit. 



Alauda trivialis Linn. Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, p. 166 — 

 Type locality : Sweden. 



The Tree-Pipit must be considered a regular spring and 

 autumn Bird of Passage to the Canary Archipelago, never 

 remaining for very long in any of the islands. 



The earliest date upon which spring migranis have been 

 reported is 16 February (von Thanner), and birds continue 

 to pass during March and April, the latest record being on 

 the 11th of May. 



The return migration in autumn begins in September, 

 the first recorded date being the 29th (von Thanner), and 

 birds have been recorded as passing until the 20th of 

 October (von Thanner). 



Bolle seems to have been the first to notice this species in 

 the islands, and wrote in the J. f. O. 1857, p. 289 : ''Anthus 

 arboreus Bechst. is to be found sitting on the tops of young 



