300 Mr. D, A. Bannernian on Ike [Ibis, 



another in the same island on the 23rd of March, 1904 (Orn. 

 Jahrb. 1905, p. 65 : '^ Hausrotschwanzchen ''). 



Range. This well-kuowu European species winters chiefly 

 in north-west and north-east Africa, but also in southern 

 Europe. It breeds throughout Europe generally. There 

 are specimens in the British Museum from Morocco 

 (undated). In east Africa it is found as far south as 

 Berber (Sudan), and there is a bird obtained in July from. 

 Abyssinia. 



Erithacus ruheciila superbus. Superb Redbreast. 

 Erithacns sujjerbus Koenig, Journ. fiir Orn. 1889, p. 183 

 — Type locality : Tenerife. 

 A Resident subspecies. 

 Hub. in Arclivpelafju. 



Western G^'oup. Gran Canaria, Tenerife. 

 Range beyond the Archipelago. 

 Does not occur. 



Erithacus rubecula microrhynchus *. Madeiran Redbreast. 

 Iilrithacus rubecula microrhynchus Reichenow, Journ. fiir 

 Orn. 1906. p. 153— Type locality: Madeira. 

 A Resident subspecies. 

 Hab. in Archipelago. 



Western Group. Pahna, Gomera, Hierro. 

 Range beyond the Archipelago. 

 Madeira. 



Erithacus rubecula. Redbreast. 

 r? Erithacus rubecula rubecula.] 



[^Motacillu rubecula Linn. Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, 

 p. 188 — Type locality : Sweden.] 

 A Rare Visitor. 

 Redbreasts occasionally pass through the eastern islands 



* I have accepted Reiclienow's name for tlie Redbreasts inhabiting 

 Madeira and the islands of Palma, Gomera, and Hierro in the Canary 

 group. They are to ray mind separable from the Continental race, with 

 which they have been hitherto united by most writers, and from which 

 I distinguish them by their paler coloration. 



