﻿On 
  Birds 
  observed 
  in 
  the 
  Canary 
  Islands. 
  185 
  

  

  Yangtse); 
  Southwell, 
  Zool. 
  1892, 
  pp. 
  35G, 
  405; 
  P. 
  Z. 
  S. 
  

   1892, 
  p. 
  581. 
  

  

  Limnocinclus 
  acuminatus, 
  Gould, 
  Haudb. 
  Bds. 
  Austr. 
  ii. 
  

   p. 
  254 
  (1865). 
  

  

  Adodromas 
  acuminatus, 
  Steju. 
  Bull. 
  U.S. 
  N. 
  M. 
  no. 
  29, 
  

   p. 
  115 
  (1885) 
  (Bering 
  Island). 
  

  

  From 
  this 
  list 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  evident 
  that 
  the 
  Sharp-tailed 
  Sand- 
  

   piper 
  is 
  widely 
  distributed 
  over 
  tlie 
  eastern 
  part 
  of 
  tlie 
  

   Palseai'ctic 
  region, 
  and 
  visits 
  the 
  North 
  Pacific 
  Islands 
  and 
  

   Alaska 
  during 
  the 
  autumn 
  migration. 
  In 
  winter 
  it 
  passes 
  

   far 
  south 
  over 
  the 
  Sunda 
  Islands 
  and 
  the 
  Pelew 
  Islands 
  to 
  

   New 
  Guinea, 
  New 
  Ireland, 
  Australia, 
  the 
  Friendly 
  Islands, 
  

   and 
  New 
  Zealand. 
  

  

  XV. 
  — 
  List 
  of 
  Birds 
  observed 
  in 
  the 
  Canary 
  Islands. 
  

   By 
  E. 
  G. 
  Meade-Waldo. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  list 
  is 
  not 
  intended 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  complete 
  catalogue 
  

   of 
  the 
  birds 
  of 
  the 
  Canaries, 
  but 
  merely 
  of 
  those 
  observed 
  

   and 
  procured 
  during 
  a 
  residence 
  of 
  nearly 
  four 
  years 
  in 
  the 
  

   islands. 
  Specimens 
  of 
  almost 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  birds 
  

   mentioned 
  have 
  been 
  actually 
  obtained, 
  but 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  them 
  

   I 
  have 
  seen 
  only 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  Don 
  Anatael 
  Cabrera 
  

   at 
  Laguna, 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  others 
  in 
  that 
  of 
  Don 
  Ramon 
  Gomez. 
  

   The 
  species 
  not 
  yet 
  procured, 
  but 
  observed 
  and 
  recognized 
  

   beyond 
  a 
  doubt, 
  are 
  : 
  — 
  the 
  Honey-Buzzard 
  {Pernis 
  apivorus) 
  ; 
  

   the 
  White-tailed 
  Eagle 
  [HaUaetus 
  albicilla), 
  seen 
  on 
  the 
  

   beach 
  close 
  to 
  Arecife, 
  Lanzarote, 
  by 
  Canon 
  Tristram 
  ; 
  

   the 
  small 
  Peregrine 
  {Falco 
  punicus), 
  which 
  I 
  could 
  easily 
  

   have 
  shot, 
  but 
  have 
  contented 
  myself 
  with 
  carefully 
  looking 
  at, 
  

   occasionally 
  within 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  a 
  few 
  yards 
  ; 
  and 
  an 
  Eagle, 
  

   seen 
  several 
  times 
  above 
  Esperanza, 
  but 
  not 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  

   list, 
  which, 
  almost 
  beyond 
  a 
  doubt, 
  was 
  Bonelli's 
  Eagle 
  

   {Nisa'etus 
  fasciatus) 
  . 
  

  

  The 
  Spanish 
  name, 
  where 
  given, 
  is 
  the 
  provincial 
  term 
  by 
  

   which 
  the 
  birds 
  are 
  known 
  to 
  the 
  peasants. 
  It 
  is 
  very 
  hard 
  

   to 
  get 
  hold 
  of 
  what 
  is 
  really 
  their 
  name 
  for 
  a 
  bird, 
  as 
  many 
  of 
  

   them 
  do 
  not 
  know 
  any 
  names 
  except 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  birds 
  always 
  

  

  