1919-] Birds of Ihe ("anary Islands. 307 



(Orn. Jalirb. 1909, p. 149) as ^' Saxicnia myianthe^' may 

 Jiave belonged to the typical form, as it is doiibtful if 

 von Tlianiier then distinguished between the two forms, and 

 in any case it was an immature bird. 



Range. The Wheatear inhabits the uhole of Europe and 

 part of Asia and winters in tropical Africa. There is 

 nothing to prevent it occurring fairly regularly in the 

 Canary Islands on migration. 



(Enanthe cenanthe. Wheatear. 

 [y CEnanthe cenanthe leucorrhoa.] 



\_Motacilla leucorrhoa Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. pt. 2, 1789, 

 p. 966 — Type locality : Senegal.] 



lliis Wheatear seems to be a somewhat irregular Bird 

 of Passage in spring and autumn through the Canarv 

 Islands. 



The majority of specimens appear to have been noticed 

 iu September. 



I have not myself examined any skins from the Canaries, 

 but am strongly of opinion that they will prove to belong to 

 the large race, i. e. the Greenland Wheatear ((E?ianthe oenanthe 

 leucorrhoa). All records (with one exception) have been 

 published as Saxicola oenanthe, but with the exception of 

 Hartert and von Thanner (once) all former writers have 

 failed to distinguish between the Greenland Wheatear and 

 tiie typical form. 



Webb and Berthelot, from 1828 to 1830, considered the 

 Wheatear to be found accidentally in the Canaries after 

 squalls from the south-west (Orn. Canarienne, p. 13). 



Bolle in 1852 and 1856 noted it as a bird of passage iu 

 winter, and says that Berthelot told him he had shot many 

 of them (J. f. O. 1857, p. 279). 



Busto-y-Blanco is said to mention it in 1864, 



Meade- \\'aldo from 1887-91 found it to be "a scarce and 

 irregular visitor to the Laguna Plains in winter'" (Ibis, 

 1893, p. 188). 



Cabrera says it is a bird of passage in September and 



