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



another specimen in the Gonzalez collection at Arrecife, 

 Lanzarote, shot near that town by Gonzalez himself 

 (Ibis, 1914, p. 63). 



The last record is that by von Tlianner, who saw a bird* 

 on the 13th of May, 1913, at Orsola, Lanzarote (Orn, Jahrb. 

 1913, p. 189). 



Range. The Spoonbill breeds locally in Europe, extending 

 eastwards through Asia to Japan. It is resident in northern 

 and eastern Africa, visiting tropical Africa in winter. It 

 has been recorded from Madeira and the Azores in addition 

 to the Canary Islands. 



Family Otidid^e. 



Otis tetrax. Little Bustard. 



Otis tetrax Linn. Syst. Nat. lOtli ed. 1758, p. 154— Type 

 locality : France. 



A Rare Visitor to the islands. 



Von Tlianner, in his paperf entitled " Game and hunting 

 in the Canaries ^^ (Deutsche Jiiger-Zeitung, Bd. 61, no. 36, 

 p. 15), notes that there are several Dwarf Bustards (Zwerg- 

 trappen) in the Institute at Laguna. He does not here note 

 l)y whom or when or where they were obtained ; however, 

 in a letter to Dr. Hartert, dated .27/10/18, von Tlianner again 

 refers to these birds and remarks " . . . . about seven years 

 ago " [this would be about 1911] '^ were killed near Laguna 

 three specimens of Otis tetrax Linn. They were skinned 

 for the Instituto de la Laguna, but nobody knows the day 

 and year." 



liamje. The Little Bustard breeds in Europe, western 

 Asia, and north Africa north of the Atlas Mountains. It 

 visits northern Africa on migration, and also ranges eastwards 

 to India. 



* Here recorded in the German vernacular only — " LofFelreiher." 



t No date is given on this publication, of which I received a separate 



reprint from the author, I think in 1914. I have not as yet been able to 



trace the date of publication anywhere. 



