316 Mr. D. A. BaiiMcrrriim on I lie [Ibis, 



in the islands. The evidcnee of every writer piior to 1871, 

 including Ledru (1810), Webb, Bertheh)t, and Moquin- 

 Tandon (1841), and Boile (1857), is most emphatic in 

 noting tliat the Swallow is a bird of passage only, not 

 nesting in the Canaries. Tlic same applies to every otiicr 

 observer up to the present day. If it did so in 1871, it has 

 certainly ceased to do so since. 



The following records as to the spring arrival of the 

 Swallow in the Archipelago have been published from time 

 to time, the authority for the statement is |)laced in brackets 

 in each case: — 



Spring Miyrution. 



5 Feb. KKW. (iran Canaria. After a great storm a large number 



seen (vonThaimer, Orn. Jahrb. 1910, p. 80). 

 26 Feb. 1887. Tenerife. First ai)peared on tliis date at Buena Vista 



(Savile Reid, Ibia, 1887, p. 433). 

 31 March, 1S)13. Orotava, Tenerife. A number passing- over (Miss 



A. Jackson, in lilt.). 

 22 April, liHo. Gran Canaria. Fairly i)lentifiil (Bannerman, MS. 



note-books). 

 25 April, 1890. Tenerife. Thousands of Swallows a('t(U' two or ihree 



days of dull stormy heat (Meade-Waldo, Ibis, 



1890, p. 129). 

 I May, 1913. J^as Palmus, (iran (Jaiiaria. Shot several with tcstt's 



small (Baniiorman, MS. note-books). 



6 May, 18."»7. Guanarteme, Gran Canaria. Flock of 20 seen (Bollo, 



J. f. O. 1857, p. 322). 



12-14 May, li)13. Fuerteventura. Several Hocks seen (von Thanner, 

 Orn. Jahrb. 1913, p. 189). 



17 May, 1913. AUegranzit. Some Swallows seen (von Thanner, 



Orn. Jahrb. 1913, p. 191). 



May 1913. Gran Canaria. Swallows in snuill numbers through- 



out the month (Bannerman, MS. note-books). 



June 1913. Numbers seen throughout the month (Bannerman, 



MS. note-books). 



The return migration in autumn of the Swallow is less 

 marked, and takes place in October. 1^'or my [)art 1 have 

 not been much in the islands at this time of the year, 

 and therefore hav(! to I'cly on the information supplied by 

 other observers, Webb and 13erthelot (Orn. Canarienue, 

 p. 23) and IJolle (J. f. O. 1854, p. 460) considered the 



