1919-] Birds of (he Canar// Islands. 493 



Hub. in Archipelac/u. 



Eastern Group : Fuerteventura, Laiizarote. 



Outer islets : Gracio.sa_, Montana Clara, Allegranza, 

 Roque del Oueste*. 

 Range beyond the Archipelago. 



Does not occur. 



Pandion haliaetus haliaetus. Osprey. 



Falco haliaetus Linn. Syst. Nat. lOth ed. 1758, p. 91 — 

 Type locality : Sweden. 

 A Resident species. 

 Hab. in Archipelago. 



Western Group : Gran Caiiaria, Tenerife, Palma, 



Gomera, Hierro. 

 Eastern Group : Fiierteventuia, Lanzarote. 

 Outer islets : Graciosa, Montaiia Clara, Allegranza, 

 Lobos, Roque del Oueste. 

 Obs. The Osprey probably also breeds on the Roque del 

 Este, the most inaccessible of the outer islets, which has not 

 been visited for many years. 

 Range beyond the Archijyelago. 



A very wide distribution throughout Europe, Asia, and 

 northern Africa, breeding as far south as the Cape Verde 

 Islands. In winter it visits tropical Africa. 



Family Phalacrocoracid/E. 



Phalacrocorax carl)o carbo. Cormorant. 



Pelecanus carbo Linn. Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, p. 133 — 

 Type locality : Sweden. 



A Rare Visitor. 



It is mentioned by Busto (according to Cabrera and 

 Polatzek) and by Cabrera, who however had never seen 

 a specimen (Catiilogo, p. 64). 



Von Thanner records having seen a captured bird at 

 Arrecife in Lanzarote, and remarks (apparently on the 



* I observed the Kestrel on tins rock, but it is most unlikely to 

 breed there, 



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