754 Mr. D. A, Bannerman on the [Ibis, 



was possible in the Canaries, for he wi'ote of this bird : "It is 

 a constant shore dweller in Fuerteventura and Canaria. 

 On the south coast at Maspalomas I have seen them in 

 spring in pairs, and am almost certain they breed there '^ 

 (J. f. O. 1857, p. 337). Bolle visited Maspalomas in May. 

 UndoubtefUy Turnstones may be seen in pairs in June. 

 Von Thanner mentions shooting two birds, "out of several 

 pairs on the 14th June in Tenerife" (Orn. Jahrb. xvi. 1905, 

 p. 212), but the same thing may be witnessed in the British 

 Isles where, to quote the latest B. O. U. List, p. 251, "A 

 good many birds in breeding-plumage, sometimes in pairs, 

 remain throughout the summer, l)ut have never been proved 

 to nest, even in the Shetland Isles.^' 



The islanders certainly believe they breed in the Canaries. 

 In this connection Meade- Waldo M'rote (Ibis, 1893, p. 20J) : 

 "... many spend the summer . . . and though I have seen 

 them in pairs in June, I could not see that they were nesting : 

 the peasants assured me that they did nest." 



Ranye. The Turnstone breeds in Greenland and Iceland, 

 probably in all the islands in the Arctic Ocean, and in north- 

 ern Europe. It has an enormous range in winter, visiting 

 all the five continents besides Oceania. 



Family Larid^. 



Larus caiius caims. Common Gull. 



Larus cnnus Linn. Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, p. 136 — Type 

 locality : Sweden. 



A Rare Visitor. 



The Connnon Gull has only been recorded from the 

 Canary Islands by Meade-Waldo (Ibis, 1(S93, p. 206), who 

 saw but two of this species, probably in Tenerife. He does 

 not mention the date, but doubtless they appeared during 

 the winter months. 



Ranye. The Common Gull breeds in northern Europe and 

 Asia, and in winter visits north Africa and the Mediter- 

 ranean countries, reaching China and Japan on the Pacific 

 side. 



