1919-] Birds of the Canai-ij Islands. 7S7 



28th of February, 1910 (Orn. Jalirb. 1910, p. 229), and I 

 have seen a stuffed example in Lauzarote which had been 

 obtained there (Ibis, 1914, p. 63). 



Tiange. The Ruff breeds in Europe and western Asia, and 

 in winter visits Africa as far south as Cape Colony, ranging 

 also to India. 



Totanus totanus. Redshank. 



Scolopax totanus Linn. Syst, Nat. 10th ed. 17r)8, p. 145 — 

 Type locality : Sweden. 



The Redshank is an Occasional Visitor to the Canary 

 Islands. 



Records of this species are scarce. It is first mentioned 

 by Bolle, who saw a specimen in the Leon collection in 

 Gran Canaria ( J. f . O. 1857, p. 337). 



Meade-Waldo says it is '' occasionally met with" (Ibis, 

 1893, p. 205), and notes that it was fairly common at 

 Orotava, Tenerife, between the 23rd and 25th of October 

 (MS. diaries). 



I saw a mounted example in the Gonzalez collection in 

 Lanzarote (Ibis, 1914, p. 63), and observed a specimen on 

 the Tcston reefs in Fuerteventura between the 6th and 10th 

 of May (Ibis, 1914, pp. 46, 285). 



Polatzek did not know of any specimens, but "believes he 

 saw it in Lanzarote" (Orn. Jahrb. 1909, p. 131). 



The Redshank would certainly appear to be one of the 

 rarest of the Waders which occasionally touch the islands on 

 migration. 



Range. The Redshank breeds throughout Europe and the 

 ^lediterranean countries and in Asia. In winter it ranges 

 to Cape Colony, and occurs in India eastwards to Japan. 



Totanus nebularius. Greenshank. 



Scolopa.v nebularius Gunnerus in Leem, Beskr. Finm. 

 Lapp. 1767, p. 251 — Type locality : Norway. 



An Occasional Visitor. 



The Greenshank has been recorded under a varietv of 

 names by several writers. 



