594 Mr. D. A. Bannerman on the 



IJpuPA EPOPs. Hoopoe. 



Upupa epops Hartert, Nov. Zool. 1901^ p. 328 ; Thauner, 

 Orn. Jahrb. xxi. p. 89 (1910) (part.). 



Upupa epops fuerteventura Polatzek, Orn. Jalirb. 1908, 

 p. 1G5 ; Thauner, Orn. Jalirb. xxi. p. 89 (1910) (part.). 



a. Near Tirajana. 8th April '09. 



b,c. ? . The " Charco/' Maspalomas. 24th Feb. '12. 



d. 2 . Maspalomas Village. 25th Feb. '12. 



e,f. S ? • J^^an Grande. 2nd March '12. 



Iris dark brown ; bill black ; feet greyish brown. 



Total length in the flesh 11 -1-1 1-3 inches. 



Hoopoes are resident in the island, but a considerable 

 addition to their numbers takes place in the summer months. 

 At this time of the year they are much tamer than in the 

 winter, allowing anyone to approach to within a very few 

 yards : they are commonly seen in the beautiful garden of the 

 Santa Catalina Hotel. In the winter they are scarce in the 

 neighbourhood of Las Palmas, but odd pairs occasionally 

 wander down from the interior, and I have several times 

 flushed these birds on the ground near the golf-links. A 

 single pair is generally to be found in many of the inland 

 villages in the north, such as Firgas, Moya, Arucas, &c. 

 South of the Cumbres they become more plentiful, and in 

 these isolated spots shew no signs of fear whatever. They 

 were most numerous in the '^Charco" at Maspalomas, 

 where they used to appear in the evenings, sometimes as 

 many as four or five at a time. Herr von Thauner recog- 

 nises a subspecies, Upupa epops fuerteventurde Polatzek, 

 and records specimens obtained at the " Charco " under 

 that name. 



Cypselus murinus brehmorum. Pale Swift. 



Cypsehis murinus brehmorum Naumann, Naturg. Vog. 

 Mitteleuropas, iv. 1901, p. 233^; Hartert, Nov. Zool. 1901, 

 p. 326 ; id. Yog. Pal. Faun. vol. ii. p. 839 (1912). 



Apus apus brehmorutn Hartert ; Naumann, Naturg. Vog. 

 Mitteleuropas, iv. 1901, p. 233 : Polatzek, Orn. Jahrb. 1908, 

 p. 163. 



