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Arriba in 1888, and a pair iu the Barranco de la Yirgen 

 near Firgas. They have certainly not increased since then, 

 and I liave never once met with the species. However, 

 the Spaniards engaged in the fruit-store near Maspaloraas 

 knovr the bird by sight, and say that it occasionally visits 

 this part of the coast, but is very rare. 



AcciPiTER Nisus. Sparrow- Hawk. 



Accipter nisus Thanner, Orn. Jahrb. xxi. p. 87 (1910). 



Herr von Thanner only saw one example of the Sparrow- 

 Hawk in Gran Canaria. This was a female, in the Pinar 

 near the Cueva de las Ninas, which he does not appear to 

 have obtained. I have never seen a single bird, although I 

 have twice been encamped near the Cuevas, and have been 

 to many parts of the island which Herr von Thanner does not 

 appear to have visited. His surmise that it is " very rare" 

 may be taken as absolutely correct. In Tenerife I am told 

 that it is by no means uncommon. 



TiNNUNcuLUs TiNxuNCULUS cAXAHiENsis. Cauariau 

 Kestrel. 



TinmmcuJus tinnunculus cannriensis Koenig, J. f. O. 1889, 

 p. 203^ ; Thanner, Orn. Jahrb. xxi. p. 88 (1910). 



a. ? . Las Palmas. Dec. '08. 



b, c. cJ cT • Between Aguimes and Tirajana. 10th April 

 '09. 



d. cJ . (Santa Bartolome), Paso de la Plata, 5500 ft. 

 22nd Dec. '09. 



e. ? . Pinar Pajonal. 23rd Jan. '10. 

 /. ? . Mogan, 100 ft. 25tli Jan. '10. 

 g. ? . Las Palmas ? 



h. S • Above Juncal. 6th Feb. '11. 



i. S . ^oca Nuhlo, 5000 ft. 12th Feb. '11. 



k. S ■ Cumbres, 5650 ft. 12th Feb. '11. 



/. ^ . San Mateo ; died in captivity. 21st Feb. '11. 



m. ? . Maspalomas Village. 25th Feb. '12. 



Iris brown ; bill bluish horn-colonred, cere yellow ; feet 

 yellow. 



Total length [ ^ ] 12-3 inches ; [ ? ] 13-5 inches. 

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