623 Mr. D. A. Bannerman on the 



encamped actually in cloud (5600 ft,), I shot four birds 

 out of a huge flock which I mistook in the mist for that of 

 another species. 



In the extreme south-west they are somewhat scarce. 

 I shot two birds in the sand-hills at INIaspalomas, not very 

 far from the coast. 



Erythrospiza githaginea amantum. Trumpeter Bull- 

 finch. 



Erythrospiza githaginea amantum Hartert, Yog. Pal. 

 Faun. i. p. 89 (1910)*; Thanner, Orn. Jahrb. xxi. p. 97 

 (1910). 



a. S ' Puerto Mogan. 25th Jan. '10. 



b. S - " Alcaravaneras," 31st Jan. M 1. 

 c-d. c? ? . Las Palmas. 20th Feb. Ml. 

 e. S • Las Palmas. 10th March Ml. 



/. ? . Las Palmas. 6th Feb. '12. 



Iris light brown ; bill — (specimens a-d) salmon-pink, 

 (specimen e breeding) bright coral-rerl ; legs and feet yellowisii 

 light brown. 



Total length in the flesh 5-5*2 inches ; expanse of 

 wings 9^ inches. 



Examples from the Canary Islands differ from E. githa- 

 ginea in having the back darker. 



The Trumpeter Bullfinch is another very locally dis- 

 tributed species found in the island. It is a desert-loving 

 form and prefers the most " dried-up " and arid ground. 

 I first met with this bird near Telde, as I was driving along 

 the main road through very parched country, on April 8tli, 

 1909, and on January 25th of the following year I 

 saw a few close to the beach in the Bananco de 

 Mogan. In 1911 they became much more plentiful in the 

 neighbourhood of the Las Palmas golf-links, and in 

 February several small parties were seen behind the 

 Catalina. A little later, on March 16th, numbers were 

 scattered over the golf-links in small flocks ; many were 

 feeding on some newly sown land close by, and the males 

 all appeared to be in brilliant breeding-plumage; they were 



