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



Falco vespertinus vespertinus. The Red- footed Falcon. 



Falco vespertinus Linn. Syst. Nat. 12th ed. 1766, p. 129 — 

 Type locality: Ingria (= St. Petersburg). 



This little Falcon has visited the Canary Islands on 

 several occasions, but can now only be included as a Rare 

 Visitor, usually during the spring migration. 



Meade-Waldo notes that a good many examples of this 

 Hawk visited the valley of Orotava (Tenerife) during the 

 spring migration of 1890 (Ibis, 1893, p. 197), notably on 

 the 25tli of April of that year (Ibis. 1890, p. 429), when 

 they were not uncommon. I have examined an adult male 

 specimen now in the British Museum which Meade-Waldo 

 obtained on the 7th of May, 1890. 



Cabrera records another example shot at Orotava in 

 the month of May about the same time (Catalogo, 

 p. 32). 



Polatzek obtained a specimen, which he did not preserve, 

 at the end of February 1902, also in Tenerife (Orn. Jahrb. 

 ]909, p. 118). 



Range. The Red-footed Falcon hreeds in eastern Europe, 

 and in winter visits Africa as far south apparently as 

 Damaraland. 



Tinnunculus tinnunculus canariensis. Canarian Kestrel. 



Cerchneis tinnunculus canariensis Koenig, Journ. fur Orn. 

 1889, p. 263— Type locality : Canary Islands. 



A Resident subspecies. 

 llab. in Archipelago. 



Western Group : Grran Canaria, Tenerife, Pal ma, 

 Gomera, Hierro. 

 Range beyond the Archipelago. 



Madeira. 



Tinnunculus tinnunculus dacotiae. Fuerteventurau Kestrel. 



Falco tinnunculus ducotice Hartert. Vug. pal. Faun.ii. 1913, 

 p. 1086 — Type locality : Lanzarote, 



A Resident subspecies, 



