738 Mr. D. A. Bannerraan on tlie [Ibis, 



Meade- Waldo saw many in Teuerife during the great 

 migration in April 1890, "on the 25th and following days'' 

 (MS. diaries). He considers it a more regular visitor than 

 Totanus totanus, Totauus glareola, or Totamis ochropus (Ibis, 

 1893, p. 205). 



Cabrera himself .shot various specimens in the neighbour- 

 hood of Laguna (Catalogo, p. 59). 



In the Eastern Group Polatzek considered the Greenshank 

 to be an irregular bird of passage, and mentions it from 

 Lanzarote (Orn. Jahrb. 1909, p. 131j. 



I have only met with this species once myself on the 

 island of Graciosa in the first week in Ju!ie 1913 (Ibis, 

 1914, p. 72). I thought I saw it on one other occasion in 

 February 1912, in Gran Canaria near Maspalomas (Ibis, 

 1912, p. 582). 



Range. The Greenshank breeds in northern Europe and 

 Asia, wintering in Africa as far as Cape Colony, also east- 

 ward to Japan and Australia. 



Totanus hypoleucus. Common Sandpiper. 



Tringa hypoleucos Linn. Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, p. 149 

 — Type locality : Sweden. 



The Common Sandpiper is a Winter Visitor to the Archi- 

 pelago, a few remaining in the western islands throughout 

 the summer. 



I almost included this species as a Partial Resident, for it 

 is apparently found in the Archipelago during every month 

 of the year, but it has not yet been known to breed. 

 Migration to and from the Archipelago undoubtedly takes 

 place, and a fevv birds certainly remain throughout the year 

 in the islands of Gran (Janaria and Tenerife. 



Webb and Berthelot lecord it from (jran Canaria, Lan- 

 zarote, and Graciosa, and say it is a migrant arriving in the 

 winter (Orn. Canarienne, p. 38). 



Godman believed that it probably bred in Tenerife (Ibis, 

 1872, p. 221), and Meade-Waldo observed " there are some 

 of these Sandpipers about all the year round; a few probably 

 breed" (Ibis, 1893, p. 205). 



