1919-] Birds of the Canary Islands. 485 



Obs. Rare in all these islands except in Tenerife. 

 Range beyond the Archipelago. 

 Does not occur. 



Milvus milvus milvus. Kite, 



Falco milvus Linn. Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, p. 89 — 

 Type locality : Sweden. 



A Resident species. 



Hab. in Archipelago. 



Western Group : Gran Can aria, Tenerife, Gomera, 

 Hierro. 



Obs. The absence of the Kite from Palma is noteworthy. 



Range beyond the Archipelago. 



Generally distributed throughout Europe from Scandinavia 

 to the Mediterranean. Extends eastwards to Asia Minor 

 and Palestine. In Africa it is found in Algeria; Tunisia, and 

 Morocco. A subspecies occurs in the Cape Verde Islands. 



Pernis apivorus apivorus. Honey-Buzzard. 

 Falco apivorus Linn. Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, p. 91 — 

 Type locality : Sweden. 



A Rare Visitor to the Archipelago, observed during the 

 spring and autumn migrations. 



There are only four records, and these are not absolutely 

 satisfactory as no specimens were obtained; but as the 

 observers, especially Mr. E. G. B. Meade- Waldo, are known 

 to be careful and experienced field-naturalists, I include the 

 species on the following evidence^: — 



Meade- Waldo (Ibis, 1889, p. 515) writes: "I had a 

 good look at a Honey-Buzzard [Pernis apivorus), and was 

 quite certain as to the species." This was on November 21, 

 and later (Ibis, 1893, p. 196) he wrote: "An accidental 

 visitor, I have seen only two." He refers to these same 



* P. a apivorus should be easily distinguished by a good observer 

 from the Canarian Buzzard B. b. insularum. It can be told by its flat 

 head and considerably longer tail, 10^-11 inches, as compared with 

 85-9 inches in B, h. insularum. 



