1920,] Birds of the Canary Islands. 115 



The next record fi'oni Teiieril'e is again given l)y Meade- 

 Waldo, for lie saw many off Garacliico on the 15th of MaVj 

 1888 (MS. diaries). 



In June records are plentiful ftom Tenerife. 



Ramon Gomez obtained an egg on 12 June, and Meade- 

 Waldo took a bird, ^ caught on its egg on 14 June. Adult 

 birds'^ were also obtained by Gomez on the 18tli. In the 

 Cowley Bequest of eggs in the British Museum are specimens 

 taken on the Anaga rocks off Tenerife on the 20th of June, 

 while on the same date and following day Gomez took three 

 adidts'^ and one youngf in down. 



On the 25th of June three more adults'^ were obtained by 

 Meade-Waldo at Santa Ursula (MS. diaries). 



Koenig includes the bird and mentions a specimen from 

 Tenerife which Gomez caught near Vilaflor on the 19th of 

 July, 1888 (J. f. O. 1890, p. 463). 



Cabrera had specimens in his collection and believed it 

 was peculiar to the ('anary Islands (Catalogo, p. G5). 



The last mention of Bulwer's Petrel is by Polatzek, who 

 remarks that it breeds in the Archipelago, leaving its 

 nesting-places in the autumn and returning in the s[)ring 

 (Orn. Jahrb. 1909, pp. 23-24). 



From the above records it appears that />. b. huliveri 

 arrives in the Canary Archipelago in Februarv, but does not 

 commence breeding before May at the earliest. June is the 

 month when nesting is in full swing, eggs taken by myssclf 

 in the first and second weeks in June being the first obtained 

 in the eastern Canaries. June 20 is the earliest date upon 

 which young in down have been taken. The birds probably 

 remain in the islands until the end of September, when they 

 take their departure. 



Range beyond the Archipelago. 



Buhver^s Petrel breeds also in the Madeira group, Salvage 

 Islands, ami possibly the Azores, in the north Atlantic 

 islands. A subspecies inhabits the Sandwich Islands in the 

 Pacific and another closely allied subspecies the Boniu 



* The skill is in the British Museum. 

 t In the Trino: Museum. 



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