l22 Mr. i). A. Bannerman on the [Ibis, 



liange. The range of the typical W aterheu (G. c. chloropus 

 Limi. — Tyi)e locality : England) has not yet been thoroughly 

 determined. Tn the new B. O. U. List of Birds it is evident 

 tiiat it has not been kept separate from the African subspecies. 

 It breeds througiiout ]*]urope and visits north Africa in 

 winter. It will probably be found not to extend south of 

 M )rocco. Hartert (Nov, Zool. xxiv. p. 268) accepts the 

 following as its range : Europe generally from Norway 

 and Hussia to the Mediterranean, eastwards to Turkestan, 

 northern Africa north of the Sahara, chiefly migrating in 

 northern area. 



G. c. hrachyptera [^Stagnicola brachyptera Brehm, Vogel- 

 fang, 1855, p. 331 — Type locality: " Mittelafrika''^], on 

 the other hand, ranges throughout Africa generally except 

 Egypt (('/. C. Grant, Ibis, 1915, p. 48). It also occurs 

 on the islajids of St. Thomas and Annobon {cf. Ibis, 1915, 

 pp. 116 et 233) ; also on the Seychelle Islands {cf. Hartert, 

 Nov. Zool. xxiv. p. 268). 



Fiilica atra atra. Coot. 



Fulica utra Linn. Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, p. 152 — Type 

 locality : Sweden. 



The Coot is a Winter Visitor to the islands in small 

 numbers. 



It is said by natives to have, bred in the Charco of Mas- 

 palomas and probably in the pools of Arguiueguin in Gran 

 Canaria, and thus reported by von Thanner who saw two 

 pairs there in February 1909 (Orn. Jahrb. 1910, p. 100). 

 It is worthy of note^ however, that when I visited the Charco 

 in February 1912. I failed to identify a single bird, ideal 

 though the conditions undoubtedly are in this district (Ibis, 

 1912, p. 573). The Coot is mentioned as early as 1799 by 

 Viera in his Diccionario as occurring and breeding in Gran 

 Canaria {cf. Reid, Ibis, 1888, p. 7Q). It was recorded from 

 this island by BoUe, who mentions seeing it in the Leon col- 

 lection (J. f. O. 1857, p. 340). Earlier than this it has 

 been recorded from the Canary Archipelago by Webb and 

 Berthelot in 1841 (Orn. Canarienne, p. 40). Tenerife is 

 however the island to which the Coot usually comes^ Bolle 



