Birds of Gran Cunar'ia. 583 



is tlic only one Avliicli I have shot iu the island. A pair 

 were found breeding iu April 1911. Two eggs were taken 

 and sent to me by my friend Mr. Pittard. He writes that 

 he procured the eggs in the barranco behind the Catalina. 

 No uest was made, but the eggs placed in a hollow scooped 

 out in the ground more than a mile from the sea. Although 

 jNlr. Pittard watched for a considerable time he saw no signs 

 of the birds themselves, and eventually took the eggs, which 

 otherwise would certainly have fallen a ])rey to the watchful 

 Sjjanish boys. 



^GiALiTis HiATicoLA. lliuged Plovcr. 

 ^gialitis alexandrinus Thanuer^ Orn. Jahrl). xxi. p. 99 

 (1910j. 



a, 6. c? ¥ • Las Palmas. oth Sept. '10. 



c. ?. Las Palmas. 10th Jan. '11. 



d. S • Shore of tlie Cliarco, Maspalomas. 2,3rd. Feb. '\2. 

 Iris dark bluish brown; bill black; feet orange, nails 



black. 



Total length in the flesh 7 inches ; expanse of wings 

 148 inches. 



The testes of specimen d were minute. 



The Ringed Sand-Plover is very plentiful on the coast on 

 both sides of the sand-banks which separate the Isleta from 

 the main island, and may he constantly seen winging its 

 way over the houses from the one shore to the other. It is 

 often to be found, in coni[.any with the Kentish Plover, 

 frequenting the large water-tanks about two miles inland. 

 These tanks are often iu a semi-dry condition, and at high 

 tide the shore-birds resort to them while the reefs near 

 Confital Bay are covered. 



In February of 1912 for some reason these birds entirely 

 forsook the sands between the Port and town of Las Palmas. 

 In former years, as I have mentioned, this was a favourite 

 resort of these Waders. I found them in suuiU numbers 

 along the saiidy coast near Maspalomas. They are migrants 

 to the island both in spring and autumn. 



