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



of the ChiffchafF {PhyUoscopus collyhita collybita),m\d not of 

 the Willow-Warbler. 



Range. The Willow-Warbler breeds throughout Europe 

 and winters in Africa, extending as far as the Cape. 



PhyUoscopus sibilatrix sibilatrix. Wood-Warbler. 



MotaclUa sibilatrix Bechstein, Naturforsch. xxvii. 1793, 

 p. 47 — Type locality : Germany. 



The Wood- Warbler appears to be an Occasional Visitor to 

 the Canaries. 



I have not been able to examine examples of this species 

 from the islands, but they are certain to belong to the typical 

 species P. sibilatrix sibilatrix, and not to P. s. erlangeri the 

 north-west African race. 



Three specimens have been recorded as killed in Tenerife 

 and others noted on passage : Cabrera obtained one in 

 Tenerife (Ibis, 1889, p. 515), and this is the bird referred 

 io in Meade- W" aide's list when he wrote, " I have seen but 

 one example of the Wood- Warbler in the Canaries '' (Ibis, 

 1893, p. 190). 



Von Thanner shot a male of this species (recorded under 

 the German name only, ' Waldlaubvogel ') at Vilaflor, 

 Tenerife, on 29 April, 1911, and a female on 1 May, 1911. 

 On the latter date he recorded several Wood -Warblers 

 passing through the island. All von Thanner's records 

 referring to the Wood-Warblers are published in the 

 ^Ornithologische Jahrbuch,' 1912, p. 227. 



Polatzek remarks (Orn. Jahrb. 1909, p. 123): "Only 

 once seen with certainty.'^ He does not add whether this 

 is his own record, but I presume he is referring to Cabrera's 

 bird. 



Range. The Wood-Warbler is a common species in 

 northern Europe in summer. It winters in Africa and on 

 the west coast as far south as the Congo, where Mr. Douglas 

 Carruthers obtained a bird on 19 February, 1907. There 

 is also another specimen in the British Museum from Abouri, 

 Gold Coast (Buckley), shot on 23 February, 1872. In the 

 island of Madeira Mr. Ogilvie-Grant shot specimens (now 



