486 Mr. D. A. Bannerman on the [Tbls, 



specimens in Ibis^ 1893, p. 185, where he notes that the 

 species was "recognised beyond a doubt." 



Cabrera (Catalogo, p. 31) notes that he saw one in 

 Laguna in the month of May. 



Polatzek (Orn. Jahrb. 1909, p. 118) records that he saw 

 one at Teror in Gran Canaria, but gives no date. 



I have not myself had an opportunity of handling a 

 specimen of the Honey-Buzzard from the Canary Islands. 



Hange. The Honey-Buzzard breeds in Europe and winters 

 in Africa. There are many West African specimens in the 

 British Museum, particularly from Fantee (Gold Coast) and 

 Cameroon. A specimen was obtained in Cameroon as late 

 as June by Mr. G. L, Bates. Although no specimen was 

 obtained it can only be the typical species which visits the 

 Canary Islands, the other races of the Honey-Buzzard being 

 found in India and eastern Asia. 



Falco peregrinus. Peregrine Falcon. 



A Rare Visitor. 



It is uncertain which race of the Peregrine inhabits the 

 Canary Islands. 



Dr. Hartert in his notes on Falcons (Nov. Zool. xxii. 

 1915, p. 169) remarks that "Mr. Rud. von Thanner 

 informs me, in litt., that he shot a specimen on Fuerte- 

 ventura (Canary Islands), the first known to have occurred 

 there. It would be interesting to compare it, as it might 

 possibly belong to calidus." 



If von Thanner recorded this specimen in print I have 

 missed it when going through his papers. 



Dr. Hartert tells me he is of the opinion that the bird in 

 question may turn out to be Falco peregrinus calidus Lath. 



I have included this bird as F. peregrinus. It may turn 

 out to be the typical form F. peregrinus peregrinus, but, as 

 Dr. Hartert has pointed out, there is more than a possibility 

 of it being an example of the race F. p. calidus, which has 

 been recorded from Morocco as far south as Haha which 

 is south of Mogador in western Morocco {vide Nov. Zool. 

 xxii. 1915, pp. 169-170). 



