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



Obs. I have no specific record of the bird from Palma or 

 Gomera, but Meade-Waldo says the Thicklinee occurs in 

 '' all the islands ^' of the Archipelago. 

 Range beyond the Archipelago. 

 Does not occur. 



Family Cursoriid^. 



Cursorius gallicus gallicus. Cream-coloured Courser. 



Charadrius gallicus Gmelin, Syst. Nat, i. pt. 2, 1789, 

 p. 692 — Type locality : France. 



A Resident species. 



Hab. in Archipelago. 



Western Group : Gran Canaria, Teiierife. 

 Eastern Group : Fuerteventnra, Lanzarote. 

 Outer islets : Graciosa"^. 



Range beyond the Archipelago. 



The Cream-coloured Courser inhabits southern Europe 

 and parts of Asia. Its true home, however, is northern 

 Africa, where it ranges from Morocco to the Red Sea. It 

 also occurs in the Cape Verde Islands. 



Obs. There is no evidence in support of Bolle's theory 

 that the Courser is a migratory species in the Canaries. 

 Bolle wrote (J. f. O. 1855, p. 175) : "These birds appear 

 in Fuerteventnra first towards the end of May or the 

 beginning of Jraie, and are numerous ; earlier one sees 

 hardly any, they must therefore returu very late from their 

 migration.^' 



In his last paper (J. f. O. 1857, p. 206) he again includes 

 C. gallicus as a migratory species, but with a query. 



This is contrary to the observations of all recent orni- 

 thologists, Meade-Waldo (Ibis, 1893, p. 203), Polatzek 

 (Orn. Jalirb. 1909, p. 17), etc., and 1 believe O. g. gallicus 

 to be a resident non-migratory species in the Canary 

 Islands. 



* Recorded from tliis island by von Tharmer (Orn. Jalirb. xxiv. 1913, 

 p. 191) ; they do not nest on Graciosa, 



