458 Mr. D, A. Bannerman on the [Ibis, 



this skin (Nov. Zool. 1901, p. 305), but the bird is not 

 mentioned in Cabrera's Catalogo. 



I saw another example which had been killed in Lanzarote 

 and which was in the Gonzalez collection in Arrecife (Ibis, 

 1914, p. 62). 



Range. The Wryneck breeds in Europe and winters partly 

 in northern and tropical Africa. 



Family Cuculid^. 



Cuculus canorus. Cuckoo. 



[or Cuculus canorus canorus.] 



[Cuculus canorus Linn. Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, p. 110 — 

 Type locality : Sweden.] 



It is probable that the European Cuckoo (C. canorus 

 canorus) is an Occasional Visitor to the Archipelago during 

 the spring and autumn migration. 



The Lesser Cuckoo (C. canorus minor) undoubtedly occurs 

 in the islands, as I have examined a skin of a bird shot in 

 Tenerife, and this bird is duly included in this list under 

 that heading (see next species). 



There are, however, other records of the Cuckoo having 

 been obtained in the Canaries ; but as these birds are not 

 available for comparison, I include the records under the 

 binomial name only, as it is not certain whether they should 

 be referred to the typical or the smaller race. 



The records are as follows : — 



(1) Bolle (J. f. 0, 1857, p. 324) mentions the Cuckoo as " having been 



heard in Fuerteventura," but evidently did not meet with it 

 himself. 



(2) Two specimens shot by Cabrera at Laguna (Tenerife) in May 



(Catalogo, p. 35), 



(3) One bird recorded from Tenerife (Oru. Jahrb. 1909, p. 149) by 



von Thanner in October 1908 : the specimen was not obtained. 



(4) A skin in the collection of Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Arrecife, 



Lanzarote. The bird had been shot in that island. 1 examined 

 the bird myself in June 1913, but stupidly did not measure the 

 wing ; the bird did not strike me as being small at the time, and 

 I recorded it (Ibis, 1914, p. 62) as the typical form. 



Dr. Hartert must have examined Cabrera's birds when he 

 looked through his collection in Tenerife, but he does not 



