﻿observed 
  in 
  the 
  Canary 
  Islands. 
  195 
  

  

  51. 
  Cypselus 
  pallidus. 
  Pallid 
  Swift. 
  [Andorina.) 
  

   Arrives 
  in 
  early 
  sjjring^ 
  and 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  islands, 
  but 
  

  

  is 
  most 
  eommon 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  group 
  and 
  near 
  the 
  coast. 
  

  

  52. 
  Cypselus 
  melba. 
  White-bellied 
  Swift. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  only 
  known 
  of 
  one 
  example 
  of 
  this 
  Swift, 
  which 
  

   was 
  killed 
  near 
  Santa 
  Cruz, 
  Tenerife. 
  

  

  53. 
  Picus 
  MAJOR. 
  Great 
  Spotted 
  Woodpecker. 
  {Peto, 
  

   Carpintero.) 
  

  

  This 
  Woodpecker 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  confined 
  to 
  the 
  pine-forests 
  

   of 
  Tenerife 
  and 
  Gran 
  Canaria. 
  In 
  La 
  Palma, 
  where 
  there 
  

   are 
  splendid 
  pine-woods, 
  Ave 
  could 
  hear 
  nothing 
  of 
  it, 
  arid 
  we 
  

   saw 
  no 
  work 
  in 
  the 
  old 
  trees. 
  Still 
  it 
  seems 
  hanlly 
  possible 
  

   for 
  it 
  not 
  to 
  have 
  found 
  its 
  way 
  there. 
  The 
  majority 
  of 
  

   examples 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  from 
  the 
  Canaries 
  have 
  the 
  breast- 
  

   feathers 
  very 
  brown 
  in 
  colour. 
  Tiiis 
  colouring 
  is 
  not 
  taken 
  

   from 
  the 
  trees, 
  as 
  the 
  young 
  feathers 
  sprout 
  up 
  of 
  tlie 
  same 
  

   colour. 
  An 
  occasional 
  specimen 
  only 
  has 
  the 
  breast 
  nearly 
  

   white. 
  

  

  54. 
  COKACIAS 
  GARRULA. 
  llollcr. 
  

  

  An 
  occasional 
  visitor. 
  

  

  55. 
  Merops 
  apiaster. 
  Bee-eater. 
  {Abejaruco.) 
  

  

  An 
  irregular 
  but 
  occasitjnally 
  numerous 
  spring-migrant, 
  

   especially 
  to 
  the 
  eastern 
  islands, 
  

  

  56. 
  Upupa 
  epops. 
  Hoopoe. 
  {Tabobo.) 
  

  

  Common 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  islands, 
  but 
  especially 
  numerous 
  in 
  the 
  

   eastern 
  group. 
  In 
  Lanzarote 
  and 
  Fuerteventura 
  every 
  vil- 
  

   lage 
  is 
  full 
  of 
  them, 
  and 
  they 
  extend 
  right 
  into 
  the 
  desert 
  if 
  

   there 
  are 
  convenient 
  nesting-holes 
  among 
  the 
  rocks. 
  They 
  

   are 
  to 
  a 
  great 
  extent 
  migratory, 
  though 
  many 
  spend 
  the 
  

   winter 
  in 
  these 
  islands, 
  in 
  some 
  years 
  more 
  numerously 
  than 
  

   in 
  others. 
  

  

  57. 
  CucuLUs 
  CANORUs. 
  Cuckoo. 
  (Cucu.) 
  

  

  The 
  Cuckoo 
  is 
  an 
  irregular 
  spring 
  visitor; 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  

   1890 
  many 
  came 
  for 
  a 
  few 
  days. 
  All 
  the 
  birds 
  were 
  very 
  

   small 
  and 
  dark 
  in 
  colour. 
  

  

  