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Von Thaniier, on the other hand, inclndes it only as a 

 regular i)ird of passage (Nov. Zool. xi. 190J, p. 431), but 

 this ornithologist has paid less attention to the migra- 

 tions of the Charadriidte than to the iaiul birds of the 

 Archipelago. 



Polatzek (Orn. Jahrb. 1909, p. 131) and Cabrera (Catalogo, 

 p. 59) ai^ree that it is a common species in winter and 

 almost throughout the year, the former observer seeing 

 them in the eastern islands until the spring. 



Miss Annie Jackson noted the Common Sandpiper in 

 Tenerife on the 4th of April at Orotava, and wrote to me 

 that all had vanished by the 10th, which points to these 

 having been passing migrants. 



In Gran Canaria I have seen the Common Sandpiper in 

 every month from December to April inclusive, and should 

 not be at all surprised to find they breed iu the Charco of 

 Maspalonias (Il)is, 1912, p. 581). 



I met with Ibis species during my expedition in the 

 eastern group only on the Tostou reefs in Fuerteventura 

 between the 6th and 10th of May, 1913 (Ibis, 191-1, 

 pp. 46, 285). 



Range. The Common Sandpiper breeds throughout Europe, 

 and in winter visits southern Africa, southern Asia east to 

 Japan, also ranging to Australia and Tasmania. 



Totanus ochropus. Green Sandpiper. 



Trinya ocrophus Linn. Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, p. 149 — 

 Type locality : Sweden. 



The Green Sandpiper is an Occasional Visitor. 



Meade-Waldo saw very few during his stay in tlie islands 

 (Ibis, 1893, p. 205j. In Tenerife Cabrera obtained it 

 several times (Catalogo, p. 59) . 



Polatzek believed it to be a regular migrant to both the 

 eastern and western groups, in which he will very possibly 

 prove to be correct (Orn, Jahrb. 1909, p. 131). 



Von Thanner records two birds in Fuerteventura on the 

 23rd of March, 1904 (Orn. Jahrb. 1905, p. 65), and two on 

 the 16th of March, 1905 (Orn. Jahrb. 1908, p. 214). 



