﻿observed 
  in 
  the 
  Canary 
  Islands. 
  205 
  

  

  117. 
  Tringa 
  minuta. 
  Little 
  Stint. 
  

   Occasionally 
  met 
  with 
  on 
  migration. 
  

  

  118. 
  Tringa 
  subarquata. 
  Curlew 
  Sandpiper. 
  

   Occasional. 
  In 
  May 
  1891 
  many 
  of 
  these 
  birds 
  arrived 
  in 
  

  

  beautiful 
  full 
  breeding-plumage. 
  

  

  119. 
  Machetes 
  pugnax. 
  RuflF. 
  

  

  Not 
  numerous^ 
  but 
  pretty 
  regular. 
  When 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  

   a 
  heavy 
  fall 
  of 
  rain 
  the 
  Ruff 
  is 
  occasionally 
  seen 
  in 
  some 
  

   numbers 
  on 
  the 
  Laguua 
  plains. 
  

  

  120. 
  Calidris 
  arenaria. 
  Sanderling. 
  

  

  We 
  saw 
  Sanderlings 
  in 
  large 
  flocks 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  islands_, 
  

   and 
  on 
  migration 
  everywhere. 
  

  

  121. 
  Tringoides 
  hypoleucus. 
  Common 
  Sandpiper. 
  

   There 
  are 
  some 
  of 
  these 
  Sandpipers 
  about 
  all 
  the 
  year 
  

  

  round 
  ; 
  a 
  few 
  probably 
  breed. 
  

  

  122. 
  ToTANUs 
  ocHROPus. 
  Grccu 
  Sandpiper. 
  

   I 
  have 
  seen 
  very 
  few. 
  

  

  123. 
  ToTANUS 
  GLAREOLA. 
  Wood-Saudpipcr. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  more 
  frequent 
  than 
  the 
  last. 
  

  

  124. 
  ToTANus 
  CALIDRIS. 
  Redshank. 
  

   Occasionally 
  met 
  with. 
  

  

  125. 
  ToTANUs 
  CANEscENs. 
  Grecnshauk. 
  

   A 
  more 
  regular 
  visitor 
  than 
  the 
  last 
  three. 
  

  

  126. 
  LiMosA 
  LAPPONiCA. 
  Bar-tailed 
  Godwit. 
  

   I 
  have 
  seen 
  but 
  one 
  of 
  this 
  species. 
  

  

  127. 
  LiMosA 
  yEGOCEPHALA. 
  Black-tailcd 
  Godwit. 
  

   Occasionally 
  seen 
  in 
  flocks 
  at 
  Laguna. 
  

  

  128. 
  NuAiENius 
  ARQUATA. 
  Curlcw. 
  (Zorapito.) 
  

  

  The 
  Curlew 
  is 
  occasional 
  in 
  the 
  western, 
  but 
  pretty 
  com- 
  

   mon 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  islands. 
  

  

  129. 
  NuMENius 
  PH^opus. 
  Whirabrel. 
  {Zarapito.) 
  

  

  A 
  regular 
  and 
  numerous 
  visitor, 
  especially 
  so 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  

   islands. 
  A 
  few 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  all 
  the 
  year 
  round. 
  Many 
  

  

  