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stated toliave been found nesting as far south as Spain. In 

 winter it visits India and Africa, reacliing Zanzibar on the 

 east coast. 



Tringa ferruginea ferruginea. Curlew Sandpiper. 



Tringa ferruginea Briinnich, Orn. Borealis, 176J<, p. 53 — 

 Type locality : Iceland. 



The Curlew Sandpiper is an Occasional Visitor to the 

 islands during migration. 



I have never met with it myself, but Meade-Waldo records 

 tliat many of these birds arrived in beautiful full breeding- 

 plumage in Tenerife in May 1891 (Ibis, 1893, p. 205), and 

 the previous year he saw a number at the water-tanks on 

 25 April and following days (]\1S. diaries). 



Cabrera had specimens in his collection from Tenerife 

 (Catalogo, p. 59); and Polatzek in more recent years found 

 it to be an irregular migrant, and records it from the 

 eastern islands (Orn. Jahrb. 1909, p. 131). 



T should not be surprised to lind that the Curlew Sand- 

 piper is a regular Bird of Passage occurring every year in 

 the islands. 



Range. The Curlew Sandpiper breeds in Arctic Siberia 

 and in winter visits the Mediterranean basin and Africa, 

 extending to the Cape ; ranging also to India, the Malay 

 regions, and Australia. 



Calidris arenaria. Sanderling. 



Tringa arenaria Linn. Syst. Nat. 12th ed. 1766, p. 251 — 

 Type locality : England. 



The Sanderling is a Bird of Passage to the Canary Islands. 



Meade-Waldo saw Sanderlings in large flocks in the 

 eastern islands and on migration everywhere (Ibis, 1893, 

 p. 205), specifying the 31st of March and the 6th of April 

 on which he observed these birds in Fuerteventura (MS. 

 diaries). Cabrera shot specimens in Tenerife and considered 

 it an occasional migrant (Catalogo, p. 58). 



During my expedition to the Eastern Group in May and 



