320 On the Birds of the Catiary Islands. [Ibis, 



Cabrera, who lived many years at Laguca, noted that it 

 arrived with others of the same family, and he had specimens 

 in his collection (Catalogo, p. 37). 



Polatzek, avIio spent over two and a half years in the 

 Archipelago, wrote (Orii. Jahrb. 1909, p. 120) :— "In Puerto 

 Cabras, Fuerteventura, on my arrival on the 4th of July I. 

 found a large number of these birds and the preceding 

 species [Cotile rupestris ^Riparia rupestris (Scop.)], where, 

 late in the evening, they were flying round the houses. 

 They arrived some days before the 4th of July, and were 

 still there when I left on the 8th. No disturbing winds 

 prevailed either before my arrival or after my departure. 

 At Oliva (a village in the north of the same island) I noted 

 them until the middle of June, not daily however; they 

 were on migration.'^ 



The last record of the Sand-Martin having been seen in 

 the Archipelago was sent to me by Miss Annie Jackson, who 

 noticed a single bird at Orotava on the 4th of April, 1913 

 {in litt.). 



I believe that 1 have seen the bird myself in Gran 

 Canaria, but as it was flying at a great height the record 

 would be unsatisfactory. 



Range. The Sand-Martin breeds throughout Europe and 

 in Africa, in Algeria and Tunisia. It is said to winter in 

 eastern and southern Africa. 



Kiparia rupestris. Rock-Martin. 



Hinindu rupestris Scopoli, Annus I. Historicc-Nat. 1769, 

 p. 167 — Type locality: Tirol. 



The Rock-Martin is an Occasional Visitor on migration, 

 sometimes in large nnmbers, but is very irregular in its 

 appearance. 



Cabrera found it to be fairly frequent in its visits 

 ( Catalogo, p. 37), and had several specimens in his collection, 

 wiiich Hartert examined. 



Polatzek includes the Rock-Martin as a bird of passage 

 (Orn. Jahrb. 1909, p. 120), and on one occasion saw a large 

 number of these birds in company with Sand-Martins on the 

 4th of July in Fuerteventura [see notes under i?. r. riparia]. 



