733 Mr. D. A. liaunerman on the [Ibis, 



islands every vear, but although records are so scarce I 

 liesitate to include it with the Occasional Migrants. 



Polatzek writes concerning this species (Orn. Jahib. 1909, 

 p. 130) : — " It appears pretty regularly hut not nearly so 

 frequently as the Common Snipe, it stays more in the 

 locality of woods or bushes. On the 4tliof November, 1902, 

 at Moya in Grand Canary I shot a fine male whicli is in 

 Tschusi's collection at Hallein." 



Cabrera also includes the Jack Snipe in his list (Catalogo, 

 p. 58) and remarks : — " It is less frequent than the 

 Common Snipe ; without doubt it arrives before the others, 

 remaining close to the mountains. In my collection there 

 are many males caught in the mountains of Mercedes'^ 

 (Tenerife) . 



Yon Thanner records (Orn. Jahrb. 1908, p. 208) having 

 seen two G. gaUinula in the island oC Palma between 

 January and the 18th of February, " [)robably migrants 

 resting. '^ 



Older writers, Bolle, Webb, and Berthelot, etc., confused 

 the Jack with t)ie Common Snipe, as explained hy Bolle 

 in J. f. O. 1858, p. 227. 



Runge. The Jack Snipe breeds in the north of Europe and 

 Asia and in the winter visits the Mediterranean countries 

 and northern Africa, extending as far south on the east 

 coast as Abyssinia. Its migrations on the west coast of 

 Africa are little understood. In the east it ranges to India 

 in winter. 



Haematopus niger meadewaldoi. Meade-Waldo^s Black 



Oystercatcher. 

 Ucematopus niger me«c?e^^a/rfo^ Bannerman, Bull. B. O. C. 

 xxxi. 1913, p. 33 — Type locality : I'uerteventura. 

 A Resident subspecies. 

 [lab. in the Archipelago. 



Eastern Group : Fuerteventura, Lanzarote. 

 Outer islets : Graciosa, Montaiia Clara, Allegranza, 

 Roque del Oueste, Roque del Este. 

 Obs. I consider that this rare Oystercatcher cannot be 



