752 Mr. D. A. Bannermau on the [Ibis, 



district with its reeds attracted many Peewits (' Kiebitze'). 

 Exam[)les appear every year, but only in such numbers after 

 a particularly wet year when tlie conditions are so suitable 

 to them'' (Nov. Zool. xi. 1904, p. 431). 



Cabrera likewise says it is a migratory species common in 

 the winter, and that he possessed various specimens from 

 Tenerife (Catalogo, p. 56). 



The Lapwing has often been observed in the eastern 

 islands. Bolle says : " In winter a well-known visitor in 

 Fuerteventura, where it is sometimes seen in great numbers " 

 (J.f. O. 1855, p. 176). 



Meade- Waldo, who visited all the islands, writes : "I have 

 seen it myself only in Tenerife and Fuerteventura." He 

 shot a Lapwing in the latter island on the 12th of March, 

 1889 (Ibis, 1889, p. 509). 



Polatzek, who lived in the eastern group, says : " A 

 passing migrant and winter visitor. I observed it on the 

 sparse grass-growth of the mountains in the eastern islands" 

 (Orn. Jahrl). 1909, p. 128). 



Von Thanner records it from Tenerife as a Regular Bird 

 of Passage (Nov. Zool. xi. 1904, p. 431). 



The Lapwing certainly visits Lanzarote also. I found a 

 stuffed specimen in Gonzalez's locally-made collection at 

 Arrecife in that island (Ibis, 1914, p. 63). 



Range. The Lapwing breeds in Europe and in Asia to 

 Japan, and sparingly in Morocco. It winters in southern 

 Europe and in northern Africa, ranging eastwards to south 

 China. 



Pluvianus aegyptius. Egyptian Plover. 

 Charadrius agyptius Linn. Syst. Nat. 12th ed. 1766, p. 254 

 — Type locality : Egypt. 



A Rare Visitor. 



There is only one record of this species occurring in the 

 Canary Islands. Cabrera possessed one which was shot in 

 the neighbourhood of Laguna, Tenerife. Tiie bird was in his 

 collection (Catalogo, p. 56). 



There seems to be no reason to doubt this record as 

 genuine. 



