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visitor in the water-courses of the barrancos " (Orn. Jahrb. 

 1909, p. 130). Meade-Waldo shot the Snipe on the 28th of 

 February in Fuerteventura, and von Thanner records it 

 from this island on the 23rd of March, 1904, " on migra- 

 tion •'' (Orn. Jahrb. ]905, p. 65). In 1913 I examined a 

 stuffed specimen in the island of Lanzarote, which had 

 recently been shot there, this being the only record from 

 that island which 1 can trace (Ibis, 1914, p. 63). 



Range. The Common Snipe breeds in Europe and Asia 

 and visits Africa in winter, extending on the west coast as 

 far as Senegambia. It sometimes remains to breed on the 

 north-west coast and nests in small numbers in the Azores. 

 Up till the present there is no instance known of its having 

 bred in the Canary Islands. 



Gallinago media. Great Snipe. 



Scolopax media Latham, Gen. Synop. Suppl. i. 178/, 

 p. 292 — Type locality : England. 



The Great Snipe is a very Rare Visitor which has only 

 been noticed once in the Canaries. 



Cabrera (Catalogo, p. 58) notes that it is an extremely 

 rare bird of passage which has occurred accidentally. He 

 had an example in his collection which was obtained at 

 Laguna. 



Cabrera does not confuse it with the Common Snipe or 

 the " Jack," as he mentions all three in his Catalogue. I 

 think I am therefore justified in including the species in the 

 list of authentic rare visitors. 



Range. The Great Sni[)e breeds in northern Europe and 

 Asia. It winters in the Mediterranean basin and Africa, 

 ranging south to Cape Colony. 



Limnocryptes gallinula. Jack Snipe. 



Scolopax gallinula Linn. Syst. Nat. 12th ed. 1766, 

 p. 244) — Type locality : France. 



The Jack Snipe is a Bird of Passage in the Canary Islands, 

 but is much rarer than the Common Snipe. 



It is probable that a fetv individuals pass through the 



