1919-] Birds of the (Jununj JsIum(Ih. 121 



This Slirikc is u Raro Visitor to tin; ("anary Islands. 



Von Thaiiiier kill(;(l an adult female on IG October, 1907, 

 at Vilaflor, Tciicrifc (Orn. Jaliib. 190S, p. 21 J). 



Polatzck iiicludes it in liis list (Orn. Jalirl). 1909, p. 122) 

 as a raro bird oT passagCj and refers to 'riianner's specimen. 



Range. The Red-backed IShriivo breeds throughout Europe 

 and winters in tropical and southern AfVica. 



Lanius senator senator. AVoodchat. 



Lunius senator Linn. Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, p. 94 — 

 Tyj)e locality : India, errore ; Rhineland (IlartertJ. 

 The Woodehat is a Rare Visitor to the Archipelago. 

 The following are the only records I am aware of : — 



(About 1889). I<]xaMiple[s] shot on tlie Tuiita del Jlidalgo, Teiierife, 

 by Cabrera and recorded by him (Catalogo, p. 47) as 

 Lanius rufus Biiss. Meade- Waldo identified this bird in 

 the Cabrera Collection (Ibis, 1889, p. 516) and mentions it 

 again in his list (Ibis, 1893, p. ]92j. Care must be taken 

 not to include these as three sei)nrate records, for all clearly 

 refer to the Punta del Hidalgo bird. 



(1903j. Two birds obtained in Teuerife by von Thanner (Orn. Jahrb. 

 1903, p. 216). No dates are given, but one of these birds 

 (the $) is in the Tring Museum. It bears on the label the 

 date 25/2/03, and is the specimen referred to by von Thanner 

 (Orn. Jahrb. 1910, p. 100) as L. rutilans. Dr. ilartert has 

 kindly examined the bird again for me, and tells nie it is 

 L. senator nenator. There is no such bird as L. riitilana; the 

 name was given to a bird in winter quarters in Senegambia ! 

 These two birds are evidently the two specimens (cJ & $) 

 mentioned by Tschu.si (Orn. Jahrb. 1903, p. 170), where they 

 are recorded as having been shot by von Thanner on 2o Feb- 

 ruary [1903J, the day and tlie mouth coinciding with the date 

 on the label of the Tring specimen. Still another reference, 

 presumably again to these birds, is given by von Thanner in 

 Nov. Zuol. xi. 1904, p. 431, under the heading of Lanius rufus. 



(1911). A bird seen in the Gonzalez Collection in Lanzarotc, wliich 

 had recently been shot in that island (Bannerman, Ibis, 

 1914, p. 02). 



lianye. The Woodehat breeds in Europe and in north- 

 west Africa, and in winter extends on the west coast to 

 Senegambia and Nigeria. 



