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round Laguna every winter (J. £. O. 1857, p. 318). Meade- 

 Waldo likewise speaks of them as ''not very uncommon in 

 wet winters/^ but did not observe them in large flocks (Ibis, 

 1893, p. 199). 



Cabrera had several specimens from various localities in 

 Tenerife in his collection (Catalogo, p. 68j. 



In the winter of 1903 Polatzek found a colony of fifteen 

 to eighteen old and young ones in the Barranco Kio Cabras 

 in Fuerteventura, the last of which disappeared in the middle 

 of February (Orn. Jahrb. 1909, p. 24). 



The Common Teal appears to visit all the islands^, for I 

 saAV a specimen in 1913 in the Gonzalez collection in 

 Lanzarote which had been shot in that waterless island 

 (Ibis, 1914, p. 63). 



From Gran Canaria there is a specimen in the British 

 Museum shot by Dr. P. R. Lowe on the 22nd of November, 

 1907, in one of the tanks beyond the Las Palmas golf-links. 

 If the Teal wishes to breed in the Canary Islands, there is 

 surely no more tempting spot for its needs than the Charco 

 of Maspalomas in the island of Gran Canaria. 



Range. The Teal breeds throughout Europe and Asia, and 

 its range in Africa extends to about lat. 5° N. It has been 

 recorded from Madeira as well as the Canary Islands, and 

 has been said to breed in the Azores. In winter it ranges 

 eastwards to Japan. 



Mareca penelope. Wigeon. 



Anas jjenelope Linn. Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, p. 126 — 

 Type locality : Sweden. 



The Wigeon is a Rare Visitor (probably only in winter) 

 to the Canary Islands. It has been obtained on very few 

 occasions. 



Cabrera shot two at Laguna (Catalog©, p. 68), and 

 Meade- Waldo only saw one bird, probably one of the pair 

 shot by Cabrera (ibis, 1893, p. 199). 



I have myself recorded a bird which had been shot in 

 Lanzarote, and which is in the private collection of 

 Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Arrecife (Ibis, 1914, p. 63). 



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