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



Clamator glandarms. Great Spotted Cuckoo. 



Cuculus glandarlus Linu. Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, 

 p. Ill — Type locality : Gibraltar. 



The Great Spotted Cuckoo is a Rare Visitor to the 

 islands. 



It is recorded as au occasional migrant by Berthelot 

 (Orn. Canarienne, p. 25), Bolle (J. f. O. 1854-, p. 461), 

 and Polatzek (Orn. Jalirb. 1909, p. 120). 



Cabrera had one in his collection shot at Los Rodeos in 

 Tenerife, presunitibly in the summer (Catdlogo, p. 35). 



I have myself seen a specimen which had been shot in 

 Lanzarote in the Gonzalez collection in Arrecife (Ibis, 

 1914, p. 62). 



Polatzek (/. c.) quotes Hartert^s remarks, which really 

 refer to Cuculus canorus, under this species in error, as can 

 easily be seen if the text is read carefully. 



Range. The Great Spotted Cuckoo breeds in Europe and 

 is also found throughout Africa. It is not surprising, 

 therefore, that it siu)uld occasionally be found in the 

 Canaries. 



Family Cvpselid.e. 

 Micropiis muriiiiis 'brehmoriim. Brehm's Pale Swift. 

 Apus upus hrehmorum Hartert, Naumann Naturg. Vog. 

 ^litteleuropas, iv. 1901, p. 233 — Type locality : Madeira. 



Brehm^s Pale Swift is a Summer Visitor to the Canaries, 

 although it may almost be called a resident, as it is only 

 absent from the Archipelago for about three mouths in 

 the year. 



Hah. in Archipelago. 



Western Group : Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Palma, 



Gomera*, Hierro. 

 Eastern Group : Fuerteventura, Lanzarote. 

 Outer islets: Montaiia Clara, Allegranza. 

 From the very considerable notes relating to this species 

 which have been made by almost every ornithologist of 



* I cauuot tiud auy particular record from this island, but there is no 

 doiibt that this Swift occurs there. 



