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XXIV. — List of the Birds of the Canary Islands, with detailed 

 reference to the Migratory Species and the Accidental 

 Visitors. Part III. Picid^ — Sulid^e. By David A. 

 Bannerman, M.B.E., B.A., M.B.O.U., F.R.G.S. 



[Continued from p. 321.] 



Family Picid^. 



* Dryobates major canariensis. Tenerife Great Spotted 



Woodpecker. 

 Picus canariensis Koenig, Journ. fiir Oru. 1889, p. 263 — 

 Type locality : Tenerife. 

 A Resident subspecies, 

 Hab. in Archipelago. 



Western Group : Tenerife. 

 Ohs. Confined to this island. 

 Range beyond the Archipelago. 



Does not occur. 



Dryobates major thanneri. Gran Canarian or Tlianner's 



Great Spotted Woodpecker. 

 Dendrocopms major thanneri le Roi^ Orn. Monatsber. 1911, 

 p. 81 — Type locality : Gran Canaria. 



A Resident subspecies. 

 Hab. in Archipelago. 



Westei-n Group : Gran Canaria. 

 Obs. Confined to this island. 

 Range beyond the Archipelago. 



Does not occur. 



lynx torquilla torquilla. Wryneck. 



lynx torquilla Linn. Syst. Nat. lOtli ed. 1758, p. 112 — 

 Type locality : Sweden. 



The Wryneck is a Rare Visitor. 



Cabrera had a specimen in. his collection which had 

 apparently been killed in Tenerife. Dr. Hartert examined 



* The entire absence of any Woodpecker from Hierro and Gomera, 

 and especially from Palma, is very remarkable. 



