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Laguna (Ibis, 1881), p. 515). The date is not mentioned in 

 either 'The Ibis' or his MS. diaries. 



Cabrera also includes it in his list and says lie obtained 

 a specimen in the summer* [en verano] in tlie neighbour- 

 hood of Laguna (Catalogo, p. 56). Meade-Waldo examined 

 this bird on 2 December, 1888 (MS. diaries). 



Range. The Dotterel breeds in northern Europe and 

 Siberia, in the rest of Europe it is a bird of passage, and in 

 winter migrates to northern Africa, Syria and Persia. The 

 Canary Islands are probably the limit of the southern range 

 reached by this species. In the east it has wandered to 

 Japan. 



Vanellus vanellus. Lapwing. 



Tringa vanellus Linn. Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, p. 148 — 

 Type locality : Sweden. 



The Lapwing is a "Winter Visitor and regular Bird of 

 Passage. 



Tills bird is first recorded by Webb and Berthelot (Orn. 

 Canarienne, p. 34), who considered that it only appeared in 

 winter after strong south and south-east winds, and mention 

 a specimen killed in Tenerife in 1830. Most modern authors 

 agree that the Peewit is a regular Winter Visitor, but of late 

 years it has become less plentiful, and in Gran Canaria is now 

 seldom met with. In fact I have only seen one bird in this 

 island during the many winter months which I have spent 

 there (Ibis, 1912, p. 580). Bolle records "numerous flocks 

 in winter in Gran Canaria" (J. f. O. 1857, p. 337), but that 

 is not so now. 



In Tenerife Meade- Waldo found it a regular winter 

 visitor, occasionally in large flocks (Ibis, 1893, ]). 203). 



Von Thanner wrote concerning the bird in this island : 

 " It is a regular bird of passage. In the spring of 1901 

 there was such a continuous heavy rain that the ditches 

 of the Laguna Plain were flooded and formed lakes — this 



* Tliere may be some mistake about tbe time of year wben this 

 example was obtained, unless perchance the bird from sickness or some 

 other cause had to remain behind wlieu the rest of the fiocli had left for 

 their northern breeding grounds. 



