582 Mr. D. A. Bannerman on the 



ToTANUs GLOTTIS. Greeiisliaiik. 



LiMOSA LiMosA. Bar-tailccl Godwit. 



Both these species are occasional visitors to Gi'an Canaria, 

 ■where they may be seen on tlie stony beach near Elder and 

 Fyile's fruit-store at JMaspalomas. 



yEoiALiTis CANTIAXA. Kentish Plover. 



yEg'ialilis cantiana Hartert. Nov. ZooL 1901, p. 332. 



yEf/ialitis cantianus Thauner, Oru. Jahrb. xxi. p. 99 

 (I'JlOj. 



a. S ■ L^s Palmas. 8tli April '09. 



h. S • „ I'-^tli J 'I"- 'iO- 



c. S • J5 J^'^"- '11- 



d-Ji. S S 'i ? ? • Slioro near the Charco, Maspalomas. 

 23rd-2Cth Feb. '12. 



Iris purplish IjIuc ; bill black ; feet pale slate-coloured. 



Total length in the flesh G^ inches ; expanse of wings 

 12 inches. 



The Kentish Plover is a common species on the shore 

 near Las Palmas. It is very tame^ small flocks running 

 along in front of passers-by within a few dozen yards^ and 

 then only flying a short distance along the edge of the waves. 

 They are resident in this island, and on the Maspalomas 

 coast and at the mouth of the '' Charco ■" were by far 

 the most plentiful of all the Waders. They undoubtedly 

 breed in the neighbourhood^ and a bird Avhich I disturbed 

 on the 29th of February behaved exactly as if it had a nest 

 close by, although I was unable to find it. 



^Egialitis dubia. Lesser Ringed Plover. 



a. ^ . Las Palmas. 19th Jan. '10. 



The Lesser Ringed Plover is so diflicult to distinguish on 

 the wing from the couimon and larger bird that it is pro- 

 bably often mistaken for that s[)ecies ^. This example 



* Tlie Lesser Iliuged Plover (^iZs. f/wi/a) is easily ditjliiiguished from 

 the allied species (^'. hiaticola) by its buying the shaft of the first primary 

 ■white and the remainlni/ shafts black, while in the Hinged Plover all the 

 primary shafts are wliite. 



