Birds of Gran Canaria. G07 



size of the Wagtails of the Caaaries, but, uufortiiuatelj, he 

 did not name thera." 



The Grey Wagtail is one of the most confiding birds 

 imaginable. It is found plentifully throughout the entire 

 island, a pair or more frequenting every esacia and pool of 

 crater. It appears equally at home in some hidden gorge 

 in the mountains or walking fearlessly amongst the washer- 

 women on the edge of the water-tanks. Its nest is often 

 placed in the hole of a wall or house, and from three to six 

 eggs are laid, usually of a brownish stone-colour. ^Ir. Meade- 

 Waldo mentions that occasionally a clutch of brick-red eggs 

 is laid, and not unfrequently one of pure white eggs. 



MoTACiLLA ALBA. White Wagtail. 



a. ?. Las Palmas. 13th Jan. '10. 



The White Wagtail is a rave migrant in Gran Canaria. 

 In the many months which I have spent in the ishaid I 

 have only met with it on five occasions : — 



(1) A single bird seen on the fiield opposite the IMetropole 



Hotel early in January (1910). 



(2) A pair on the water-tanks past the golf-links (13th 



Jan. 1910). 



(3) One bird seen on the Las Palmas cricket-ground 



(28th Feb. 1911). 



(4) A fine adult bird on a wall near the Port Road 



(middle of February 1912). 



(5) A pair reported as seen frequenting a timber-yard in 

 Las Palmas Harbour (February 1912). 



From this it will be seen that stragglers are found in 

 the island in January and Febi'uary. 



Anthus berth eloti. Berthelot's Pipit. 



Anthus herthelotii Bolle, J. f. O. 1862, p. 357 * ; Ibis, 

 1863, p. 343. 



Anthus herthelotii herthelotii Thanner, Orn. Jalirb. xxi. 

 p. 93(1910). 



a. Above San Mateo, 2500 ft. 22nd Dec. '08. 



b,c. Cumbres, above San Mateo, 5300 ft. 22nd Dec. '08. 



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