490 Mr. D. A. Bannerman un the [Ibis, 



meeting with a Hobby on the Salvage Islands in the latter 

 part of April 1895 (Ibis, 1896, p. 43). It is represented in 

 north-west Africa (Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco) by a 

 closely allied race, F. s.jugurtha, and it is uncertain which 

 of these two forms has visited the Canaries. 



Falco eleonorse. Eleonore Falcon. 



Falco eleonora Gene, Rev. Zool. 1839, p. 105 — Type 

 locality : Sardinia. 



The Eleonore Falcon is a Summer Visitor to the Eastern 

 Canary Islands and appai'ently also a Bird of Passage. 



Hab. in Archipelago. 



Eastern Group : Fuerteventura, Lanzarote. 

 Outer islets : Montaiia Clara, Roque del Este. 



It appears to be absent from the islands from the middle 

 of October until the middle of May. 



The beautiful Eleonore Falcon was first discovered in the 

 Canary group by Polatzek. This observer lived for the 

 most part in the eastern islands, Fuerteventura and Lan- 

 zarote, which leads me to think that F. eleonora does not 

 often visit the western islands, from which it has never been 

 recorded. 



Polatzek was of opinion that this Falcon only comes to 

 breed in the islands. 



The following are dated records when the bird has been 

 seen or obtained. The majority of Polatzek^s notes and 

 the records (to which his name is appended) appeared in 

 the 'Ornithologische Jahrbuch,' 1908, pp. 104-106. Some 

 of the specimens are in the Tring Museum, where I have 

 examined them. 



19 May, 1913 (Lanzarote). A bird believed to be of this species seen on 

 two occasions, but not obtained (Bannerman, Ibis, 

 1914, pp. 55, 56, & 258). 



17 June, 1913 (Fuerteventura). A bird believed to be of this species 

 seen (Bannerman, Ibis, 1914, pp. 89 & 258). 



— July, 1904 (Fuerteventura). One bird seen at Oliva (Polatzek). 



Latter part August, 1904 (Lanzarote). Many seen near Haria (Polatzek). 



