Birds of Gran Canaria. 609 



So far as I am aware no migration of this species takes 

 place. A long description of the habits &c. of tliis 

 interesting little Pipit will be found in 'The Ibis' for 18G3, 

 by Dr. Carl Bolle. Only on one occasion have I seen 

 this bird perched on a tree : it being such an unusnal 

 occurrence, I promptly shot it to make sure of the iden- 

 tification. 



Calanurella minor polatzeki. Polatzek's Short-toed 

 Lark. 



Calundrella pispoletta rufescens Hartert, Nov. Zool. 1901, 

 p. 325. 



Cuhuidrella minor distincta Sassi, Oin. Jahrb. 1908, p. 30 ; 

 Thanner, Orn. Jahrb. xxi. p. 93 (1910). 



Calandrella minor polatzeki Hartert, Vijg. Pal. Faun. i. 

 p. 217 (1910)*. 



a. (^ . Between Las Palmas aiul Tirajana. April '09. 



h-d. S ' Las Palmas. 17th March '11. 



e. Juv. Near Las Palmas. 18th March '11. 



/. ? . Telde Plains. 22nd Feb. '12. 



(j-h. ? et ? cJ . Plain between the "Charco" and 

 Maspalomas. 25th Feb. '12. 



Iris brown ; bill horn-coloured ; feet yellowish flesh- 

 coloured. 



Total length 5'2 inches ; expanse of wings 10*-1 inches. 



The supposed form from Grau Canaria Avhich Dr. Sassi 

 luis described under the name of 6'. m. distincta cannot 

 possibly hold good. I have examined a large series at 

 the Tring Museum from the Canary Islands, and find that 

 the characters given are not constant. 



As might be supposed, the Short-toed Lark of Gran 

 Canaria is similar to the form found in Fuerteventura and 

 Lanzaiote, and differs very strikingly from the Tenerife 

 subspecies C. m. rufescens. 



Polatzek's Short-toed Lark is locally distributed over 

 the islaiul. On the 16th and 17th of March (1911), a 

 number of these birds appeared on the island, and large 

 flocks were found on the golf-links, where two or three birds 

 only are usually to be seen. They were scattered about 



